'  .AX_ 


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OF   THE 


CINCINNATI 


IN   THE 


State  of  New  Jersey, 


WITH   THE 


DECLARATION    OF   INDEPENDENCE,   THE   INSTITUTION,    RULES 
AND    REGULATIONS  OF  THE  GENERAL   SOCIETY,  GEN- 
ERAL   OFFICERS,    OFFICERS    OF    NEW    JERSEY 
SOCIETY,  BY-LAWS,  ROLL  OF  MEMBERS, 
&c.,  &c. 


TRENTON,  N.  J.  : 
THE  JOHN  L.  MURPHY  PUBLISHING  COMPANY,  PRINTERS, 


of 


IN  CONGRESS,  JULY  4,  1776—  THE  UNANIMOUS  DECLARATION  OF  THE 
THIRTEEN  UNITED  STATES  OF  AMERICA. 

When  in  the  Course  of  human  events,  it  becomes 
necessary  for  one  people  to  dissolve  the  political  bands 
which  have  connected  them  with  another,  and  to  assume 
among  the  Powers  of  the  earth,  the  separate  and  equal 
station  to  which  the  Laws  of  Nature  and  of  Nature's 
God  entitle  them,  a  decent  respect  to  the  opinions  of 
mankind  requires  that  they  should  declare  the  causes 
which  impel  them  to  the  separation. 

We  hold  these  truths  to  be  self-evident,  that  all  men 
are  created  equal,  that  they  are  endowed  by  their  Crea- 
tor with  certain  unalienable  rights,  that  among  these 
are  Life,  Liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  Happiness.  That  to 
secure  these  rights,  Governments  are  instituted  among 
Men,  deriving  their  just  powers  from  the  consent  of  the 
governed,  That  whenever  any  form  of  Government  be- 
comes destructive  of  these  ends,  it  is  the  Right  of  the 
People  to  alter  or  to*  abolish  it,  and  to  institute  new 
Government,  laying  its  foundation  on  such  principles 
and  organizing  its  powers  in  such  form,  as  to  them  shall 
seem  most  likely  to  effect  their  Safety  and  Happiness. 
Prudence,  indeed,  will  dictate  that  Governments  long 
established  should  not  be  changed  for  light  and  transient 
causes  ;  and  accordingly  all  experience  hath  shown,  that 
mankind  are  more  disposed  to  suffer,  while  evils  are 


sufferable,  than  to  right  themselves  by  abolishing  the 
forms  to  which  they  are  accustomed.  But  when  a  long 
train  of  abuses  and  usurpations,  pursuing  invariably 
the  same  Object,  evinces  a  design  to  reduce  them  under 
absolute  Despotism,  it  is  their  right,  it  is  their  duty,  to 
throw  off  such  Government,  and  to  provide  new  Guards 
for  their  future  security. — Such  has  been  the  patient 
sufferance  of  these  Colonies ;  and  such  is  now  the  neces- 
sity which  constrains  them  to  alter  their  former  Systems 
of  Government.  The  history  of  the  present  King  of 
Great  Britain  is  a  history  of  repeated  injuries  and  usur- 
pations, all  having  in  direct  object  the  establishment  of 
an  absolute  Tyranny  over  these  States.  To  prove  this, 
let  Facts  be  submitted  to  a  candid  world. 

He  has  refused  his  Assent  to  Laws,  the  most  whole- 
some and  necessary  for  the  public  good. 

He  has  forbidden  his  Governors  to  pass  laws  of  im- 
mediate and  pressing  importance,  unless  suspended  in 
their  operation  till  his  Assent  should  be  obtained  ;  and 
when  so  suspended,  he  has  utterly  neglected  to  attend 
to  them. 

He  has  refused  to  pass  other  Laws  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  large  districts  of  people,  unless  those  people 
would  relinquish  the  right  of  Representation  in  the 
Legislature,  a  right  inestimable  to  them  and  formidable 
to  tyrants  only. 

He  has  called  together  legislative  bodies  .at  places 
unusual,  uncomfortable,  and  distant  from  the  depository 
of  their  Public  Records,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  fatiguing 
them  into  compliance  with  his  measures. 

He  has  dissolved  Representative  Houses  repeatedly, 
for  opposing  with  manly  firmness  his  invasions  on  the 
rights  of  the  people. 


He  has  refused  for  a  long  time,  after  such  dissolu- 
tions, to  cause  others  to  be  elected  ;  whereby  the  Legis- 
lative Powers,  incapable  of  Annihilation,  have  returned 
to  the  People  at  large  for  their  exercise ;  the  State  re- 
maining in  the  mean  time  exposed  to  all  the  dangers  of 
invasion  from  Without,  and  convulsions  within. 

He  has  endeavoured  to  prevent  the  population  of 
these  States ;  for  that  purpose  obstructing  the  Laws  for 
Naturalization  of  Foreigners ;  refusing  to  pass  others 
to  encourage  their  migration  hither,  and  raising  the 
conditions  of  new  Appropriations  of  Lands. 

He  has  obstructed  the  Administration  of  Justice,  by 
refusing  his  Assent  to  Laws  for  establishing  Judiciary 
Powers. 

He  has  made  Judges  dependent  on  his  Will  alone, 
for  the  tenure  of  their  offices,  and  the  amount  and  pay- 
ment of  their  salaries. 

He  has  erected  a  multitude  of  New  Offices,  and  sent 
hither  swarms  of  Officers  to  harass  our  People,  and  eat 
out  their  substance. 

He  has  kept  among  us,  in  times  of  peace,  Standing 
Armies  without  the  Consent  of  our  legislature. 

He  has  affected  to  render  the  Military  independent 
of  and  superior  to  the  Civil  Power. 

He  has  combined  with  others  to  subject  us  to  a  juris- 
diction foreign  to  our  constitution,  and  unacknowledged 
by  our  laws ;  giving  his  Assent  to  their  Acts  of  pre- 
tended Legislation : 

For  quartering  large  bodies  of  armed  troops  among  us : 

For  protecting  them,  by  a  mock  Trial,  from  Punish- 
ment for  any  Murders  which  they  should  commit  on 
the  Irxhabitants  of  these  States : 

For  cutting  off  our  Trade  with  all  parts  of  the  world  : 


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For  imposing  taxes  on  us  without  our  consent : 

For  depriving  us  in  many  cases,  of  the  benefits  of 
Trial  by  Jury: 

For  transporting  us  beyond  Seas  to  be  tried  for  pre- 
tended offences : 

For  abolishing  the  free  System  of  English  Laws  in  a 
.neighboring  Province,  establishing  therein  an  Arbitrary 
government,  and  enlarging  its  boundaries  so  as  to  ren- 
der it  at  once  an  example  and  fit  instrument  for  intro- 
ducing the  same  absolute  rule  into  these  Colonies : 

For  taking  away  our  Charters,  abolishing  our  most 
valuable  Laws,  and  altering  fundamentally  the  Forms 
of  our  Governments : 

For  suspending  our  own  Legislatures,  and  declaring 
themselves  invested  with  Power  to  legislate  for  us  in 
all  cases  whatsoever. 

He  has  abdicated  Government  here,  by  declaring  us 
out  of  his  Protection  and  waging  War  against  us. 

He  has  plundered  our  seas,  ravaged  our  Coasts,  burnt 
our  towns,  and  destroyed  the  lives  of  our  people. 

He  is  at  this  time  transporting  large  armies  of  foreign 
mercenaries  to  compleat  the  works  of  death,  desolation 
and  tyranny,  already  begun  with  circumstances  of  Cru- 
elty, &  perfidy  scarcely  paralleled  in  the  most  barbar- 
ous ages,  and  totally  unworthy  the  Head  of  a  civilized 
nation. 

He  has  constrained  our  fellow  Citizens  taken  Captive 
on  the  high  Seas  to  bear  Arms  against  their  Country,  to 
become  the  executioners  of  their  friends  and  Brethren, 
or  to  fall  themselves  by  their  Hands. 

He  has  excited  domestic  insurrections  amongst  us, 
and  has  endeavoured  to  bring  on  the  inhabitants  of  our 
frontiers,  the  merciless  Indian  Savages,  whose  known 


rule  of  warfare,  is  an  undistinguished  destruction  of  all 
ages,  sexes  and  conditions. 

In  every  stage  of  these  Oppressions  We  have  Peti- 
tioned for  Redress  in  the  most  humble  terms :  Our  re- 
peated Petitions  have  been  answered  only  by  repeated 
injury.  A  Prince,  whose  character  is  thus  marked  by 
every  act  which  may  define  a  Tyrant,  is  unfit  to  be  the 
ruler  of  a  free  People. 

Nor  have  We  been  wanting  in  attention  to  our  Brit- 
ish brethren.  We  have  warned  them  from  time  to 
time  of  attempts  by  their  legislature  to  extend  an  un- 
warrantable jurisdiction  over  us.  We  have  reminded 
them  of  the  circumstances  of  our  emigration  and  settle- 
ment here.  We  have  appealed  to  their  native  justice 
and  magnanimity,  and  we  have  conjured  them  by  the 
ties  of  our  common  kindred  to  disavow  these  usurpa- 
tions, which,  would  inevitably  interrupt  our  connections 
and  correspondence.  They  too  have  been  deaf  to  the 
voice  of  justice  and  of  consanguinity.  We  must,  there- 
fore, acquiesce  in  the  necessity  which  denounces  our 
Separation,  and  hold  them,  as  we  hold  the  rest  of  man- 
kind, Enemies  in  WTar,  in  Peace  Friends. 

We,  therefore,  the  Representatives  of  the  united 
States  of  America,  in  General  Congress,  Assembled, 
appealing  to  the  Supreme  Judge  of  the  world  for  the 
rectitude  of  our  intentions,  do,  in  the  Name,  and  by 
Authority  of  the  good  People  of  these  Colonies,  sol- 
emnly publish  and  declare,  That  these  United  Colonies 
are,  and  of  Right  ought  to  be  Free  and  Independent 
States ;  that  they  are  Absolved  from  all  Allegiance  to 
the  British  Crown,  and  that  all  political  connection 
between  them  and  the  State  of  Great  Britain,  is  and 
ought  to  be  totally  dissolved ;  and  that  as  Free  and 


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Independent  States,  they  have  full  Power  to  levy  War, 
conclude  Peace,  contract  Alliances,  establish  Commerce, 
and  to  do  all  other  Acts  and  Things  which  Independent 
States  may  of  right  do.  And  for  the  support  of  this 
Declaration,  with  a  firm  reliance  on  the  Protection  of 
Divine  Providence,  we  mutually  pledge  to  each  other 
our  Lives,  our  Fortunes  and  our  sacred  Honor. 

JOHN  HANCOCK. 

New  Hampshire. 

JOSIAH  BARTLETT,  MATTHEW  THORNTON. 

WM.  WHIPPLE, 

Massachusetts  Bay. 

SAML.  ADAMS,  ROBT.  TREAT  PAINE, 

JOHN  ADAMS,  ELBRIDGE  GERRY. 

Rhode  Island. 
STEP.  HOPKINS,  WILLIAM  ELLERY. 

Connecticut. 

ROGER  SHERMAN,  WM.  WILLIAMS, 

SAM'EL  HUNTINGTON,  OLIVER  WOLCOTT. 

New  York. 

WM.  FLOYD,  FRANS.  LEWIS, 

PHIL.  LIVINGSTON,  LEWIS  MORRIS. 

New  Jersey. 
RICHD.  STOCKTON,  JOHN  HART, 

JNO.   WlTHERSPOON,  ABRA.  CLARK. 

FRAS.  HOPKINSON, 

Pennsylvania. 

ROBT.  MORRIS,  JAS.  SMITH, 

BENJAMIN  RUSH,  GEORGE  TAYLOR, 

BENJA.  FRANKLIN,  JAMES  WILSON, 

JOHN  MORTON,  GEO.  Ross. 
GEO.  CLYMER, 


Delaware. 

CESAR  RODNEY,  THO.  M'KEAN. 

GEO.  READ, 

Maryland. 

SAMUEL  CHASE,  THOS.  STONE, 

WM.  PACA,  CHARLES  CARROLL  of 

Carrollton. 
Virginia. 

GEORGE  WYTHE,  THOS.  NELSON,  jr., 

RICHARD  HENRY  LEE,  FRANCIS  LIGHTFOOT 

TH  JEFFERSON,  LEE, 

BENJA.  HARRISON,  CARTER  BRAXTON. 

North  Carolina. 

WM.  HOOPER,  JOHN  PENN. 

JOSEPH  HEWES, 

South  Carolina. 

EDWARD  RUTLEDGE,  THOMAS  LYNCH,  Junr., 

THOS.  HEYWARD,  Junr.,  ARTHUR  MIDDLETON, 

Georgia. 

BUTTON  GWINNETT,  GEO.  WALTON. 

LYMAN  HALL, 


Institution. 

CONVENTION  OF  THE  AMERICAN  ARMY — CANTONMENT  OF  THE  AMERI- 
CAN ARMY,  ON  HUDSON'S  RCVER,  MAY  K)TH,  1783. 

PROPOSALS  for  establishing  a  Society,  upon  principles 
therein  mentioned,  whose  Members  shall  be  officers 
of  the  American  Army,  having  been  communicated 
to  the  several  regiments  of  the  respective  lines,  they 
appointed  an  officer  from  each,  who,  in  conjunction 
with  the  general  officers,  should  take  the  same  into 
consideration  at  their  meeting  this  day,  at  which  the 
Honorable  MAJOR  GENERAL  BARON  DE  STEUBEN, 
the  senior  officer  present,  was  pleased  to  preside. 
The  proposals  being  read,  fully  considered,  paragraph 
by  paragraph,  and  the  amendments  agreed  to,  MAJOR 
GENERAL  KNOX,  BRIGADIER  GENERAL  HAND,  BRIGA- 
DIER GENERAL  HUNTINGTON  and  CAPTAIN  SHAW,  were 
chosen  to  revise  the  same,  and  prepare  a  copy  to  be  laid 
before  this  assembly  at  their  next  meeting,  to  be  holden 
at  MAJOR  GENERAL  BARON  DE  STEUBEN'S  quarters,  on 
Tuesday,  the  13th  instant. 

Tuesday  13th  May,  1783. 

The  representatives  of  the  American  Army  being 
assembled,  agreeably  to  adjournment,  the  plan  for  estab- 
lishing a  Society,  whereof  the  officers  of  the  American 
Army  are  to  be  members,  is  accepted,  and  is  as  follows, 
viz.  : 

"It.  having  pleased  the  Supreme  Governor  of  the 
Universe,  in  the  disposition  of  human  affairs,  to  cause 


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the  separation  of  the  colonies  of  North  America  from 
the  domination  of  Great  Britain,  and,  after  a  bloody 
conflict  of  eight  years,  to  establish  them  free,  independ- 
ent and  sovereign  States,  connected,  by  alliances  founded 
on  reciprocal  advantage,  with  some  of  the  great  princes 
and  powers  of  the  earth. 

"  To  perpetuate,  therefore,  as  well  the  remembrance 
of  this  vast  event,  as  the  mutual  friendships  which  have 
been  formed  under  the  pressure  of  common  danger,  and, 
in  many  instances,  cemented  by  the  blood  of  the  parties, 
the  officers  of  the  American  Army  do  hereby,  in  the 
most  solemn  manner,  associate,  constitute  and  combine 
themselves  into  one  SOCIETY  OF  FRIENDS,  to  endure  as 
long  as  they  shall  endure,  or  any  of  their  eldest  male 
posterity,  and,  in  failure  thereof,  the  collateral  branches 
who  may  be  judged  worthy  of  becoming  its  supporters 
and  Members. 

"  The  officers  of  the  American  Army  having  gene- 
rally been  taken  from  the  citizens  of  America,  possess 
high  veneration  for  the  character  of  that  illustrious 
Roman,  Lucius  QUINTIUS  CINCINNATUS  ;  and  being  re- 
solved to  follow  his  example,  by  returning  to  their  citi- 
zenship, they  think  they  may  with  propriety  denomi- 
nate themselves — > 

gfce  ^ocietjg  of  tftje  Cincinnati. 

"THE  FOLLOWING  PRINCIPLES  SHALL  BE  IMMUTA- 
BLE AND  FORM  THE  BASIS  OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE 
CINCINNATI. 

"AN  INCESSANT  ATTENTION  TO  PRESERVE  INVIOLATE 

THOSE  EXALTED  RIGHTS  AND  LIBERTIES  OF  HUMAN 
NATURE  FOR  WHICH  THEY  HAVE  FOUGHT  AND  BLED, 
AND  WITHOUT  WHICH  THE  HIGH  RANK  OF  A  RATIONAL 
BEING  IS  A  CURSE  INSTEAD  OF  A  BLESSING. 


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"AN  UNALTERABLE  DETERMINATION  TO  PROMOTE 
AND  CHERISH,  BETWEEN  THE  RESPECTIVE  STATES,  THAT 
UNION  AND  NATIONAL  HONOR  SO  ESSENTIALLY  NECES- 
SARY TO  THEIR  HAPPINESS,  AND  THE  FUTURE  DIGNITY 
OF  THE  AMERICAN  EMPIRE. 

"TO  RENDER  PERMANENT  THE  CORDIAL  AFFECTION 
SUBSISTING  AMONG  THE  OFFICERS.  THIS  SPIRIT  WILL 
DICTATE  BROTHERLY  KINDNESS  IN  ALL  THINGS,  AND 
PARTICULARLY,  EXTEND  TO  THE  MOST  SUBSTANTIAL 
ACTS  OF  BENEFICENCE,  ACCORDING  TO  THE  ABILITY  OF 
THE  SOCIETY,  TOWARDS  THOSE  OFFICERS  AND  THEIR 
FAMILIES,  WHO  UNFORTUNATELY  MAY  BE  UNDER  THE 
NECESSITY  OF  RECEIVING  IT. 

"  The  General  Society  will,  for  the  sake  of  frequent 
communications,  be  divided  into  State  Societies,  and 
these  again  into  such  districts  as  shall  be  directed  by 
the  State  Society. 

"  The  Societies  of  the  districts  to  meet  as  often  as 
shall  be  agreed  upon  by  the  State  Society,  those  of  the 
State  on  the  fourth  day  of  July  annually,  or  oftener,  if 
they  shall  find  it  expedient,  and  the  General  Society  on 
the  first  Monday  in  May,  annually,  so  long  as  they 
shall  deem  it  necessary,  and  afterwards,  at  least  once  in 
every  three  years. 

"At  each  meeting,  the  principles  of  the  Institution 
will  be  fully  considered,  and  the  best  measures  to  pro- 
mote them  adopted. 

"  The  State  Societies  will  consist  of  all  the  members 
resident  in  each  State  respectively ;  and  any  member 
removing  from  one  State  to  another,  is  to  be  considered, 
in  all  respects,  as  belonging  to  the  Society  of  the  State 
in  which  he  shall  actually  reside. 


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"  The  State  Societies  to  have  a  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  Assistant  Treasurer,  to 
be  chosen  annually,  by  a  majority  of  votes,  at  the  State 
meeting. 

"  Each  State  meeting  shall  write  annually,  or  oftener, 
if  necessary,  a  circular  letter,  to  the  other  State  Societies, 
noting  whatever  they  may  think  worthy  of  observation, 
respecting  the  good  of  the  Society,  or  the  general  union 
of  the  States,  and  giving  information  of  the  officers 
chosen  for  the  current  year;  copies  of  these  letters 
shall  be  regularly  transmitted  to  the  Secretary-General 
of  the  Society,  who  will  record  them  in  a  book  to  be 
assigned  for  that  purpose. 

"  The  State  Society  will  regulate  everything  respect- 
ing itself  and  the  Societies  of  its  districts  consistent  with 
the  general  maxims  of  the  Cincinnati,  judge  of  the 
qualifications  of  the  members  who  may  be  proposed, 
and  expel  any  member  who,  by  a  conduct  inconsistent 
with  a  gentleman  and  a  man  of  honor,  or  by  an  oppo- 
sition to  the  interests  of  the  community  in  general,  or 
the  Society  in  particular,  may  render  himself  unworthy 
to  continue  a  member. 

"  In  order  to  form  funds  which  may  be  respectable, 
and  assist  the  unfortunate,  each  officer  shall  deliver  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Society  one  month's  pay, 
which  shall  remain  for  ever  to  the  use  of  the  State 
Society ;  the  interest  only  of  which,  if  necessary,  to  be 
appropriated  to  the  relief  of  the  unfortunate. 

"  Donations  may  be  made  by  persons  not  of  the 
Society,  and  by  members  of  the  Society,  for  the  express 
purpose  of  forming  permanent  funds  for  the  use  of  the 
State  Society,  and  the  interests  of  these  donations  ap- 


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propriated  in  the  same  manner  as  that  of  the  month's 
pay. 

"  Moneys,  at  the  pleasure  of  each  member,  may  be 
subscribed  in  the  Societies  of  the  districts,  or  the  State 
Societies,  for  the  relief  of  the  unfortunate  members,  or 
their  widows  and  orphans,  to  be  appropriated  by  the 
State  Society  only. 

"  The  meeting  of  the  General  Society  shall  consist  of 
its  officers  and  a  representation  from  each  State  Society, 
in  number  not  exceeding  five,  whose  expenses  shall  be 
borne  by  their  respective  State  Societies. 

"  In  the  general  meeting,  the  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  and  Assistant  Treasurers- 
General,  shall  be  chosen,  to  serve  until  the  next 
meeting. 

"The  circular  letters  which  have  been  written  by 
the  respective  State  Societies  to  each  other,  and  their 
particular  laws,  shall  be  read  and  considered,  and  all 
measures  concerted  which  may  conduce  to  the  general 
intendment  of  the  Society. 

"  It  is  probable  that  some  persons  may  make  donations 
to  the  General  Society,  for  the  purpose  of  establishing 
funds  for  the  further  comfort  of  the  unfortunate,  in 
which  case,  such  donations  must  be  placed  in  the  hands 
of  the  Treasurer-General,  the  interests  only  of  which 
to  be  disposed  of,  if  necessary,  by  the  general  meeting. 

"All  the  officers  of  the  American  army,  as  well 
those  who  have  resigned  with  honor,  after  three  years 
service  in  the  capacity  of  officers,  or  who  have  been 
deranged  by  the  resolutions  of  Congress,  upon  the  sev- 
eral reforms  of  the  army,  as  those  who  shall  have  con- 
tinued to  the  end  of  the  war,  have  the  right  to  become 
parties  to  this  Institution  ;  provided  that  they  subscribe 


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one  month's  pay,  and  sign  their  names  to  the  general 
rules,  in  their  respective  State  Societies,  those  who  are 
present  with  the  Army  immediately,  and  others  within 
six  months  after  the  Army  shall  be  disbanded,  extraor- 
dinary cases  excepted ;  the  rank,  time  of  service,  reso- 
lution of  Congress  by  which  any  have  been  deranged, 
and  place  of  residence  must  be  added  to  each  name — 
and  as  a  testimony  of  affection  to  the  memory  and  the 
offspring  of  such  officers  as  have  died  in  the  service, 
their  eldest  male  branches  shall  have  the  same  right  of 
becoming  members,  as  the  children  of  the  actual  mem- 
bers of  the  Society. 

"  Those  officers  who  are  foreigners,  not  resident  in 
any  of  the  States,  will  have  their  names  enrolled  by 
the  Secretary-General,  and  are  to  be  considered  as 
members  in  the  Societies  of  any  of  the  States  in  which 
they  may  happen  to  be. 

"And  as  there  are,  and  will  at  all  times  be,  men  in 
the  respective  States  eminent  for  their  abilities  and 
patriotism,  whose  views  may  be  directed  to  the  same 
laudable  objects  with  those  of  the  Cincinnati,  it  shall 
be  a  rule  to  admit  such  characters,  as  Honorary  Mem- 
bers of  the  Society,  for  their  own  lives  only :  Provided 
always,  That  the  number  of  Honorary  members,  in 
each  State,  does  not  exceed  a  ratio  of  one  to  four  of  the 
officers  or  their  descendants. 

"  Each  State  Society  shall  obtain  a  list  of  its  mem- 
bers, and  at  the  first  annual  meeting,  the  State  Secre- 
tary shall  have  engrossed,  on  parchment,  two  copies  of 
the  Institution  of  the  Society,  which  every  member 
present  shall  sign,  and  the  Secretary  shall  endeavor  to 
procure  the  signature  of  every  absent  member ;  one  of 
those  lists  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Secretary-General 


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to  be  kept  in  the  archives  of  the  Society,  and  the  other 
to  remain  in  the  hands  of  the  State  Secretary.  From 
the  State  lists,  the  Secretary-General  must  make  out, 
at  the  first  general  meeting,  a  complete  list  of  the  whole 
Society,  with  a  copy  of  which  he  will  furnish  each  State 
Society. 

"  The  Society  shall  have  an  Order,  by  which  its 
members  shall  be  known  and  distinguished,  which 
shall  be  a  medal  of  gold,  of  a  proper  size  to  receive  the 
emblems,  and  suspended  by  a  deep  blue  riband  two 
inches  wide,  edged  with  white,  descriptive  of  the  union 
of  France  and  America,  viz. : 

"The  principal  figure,  Cincinnatus :  Three  Senators  presenting  him 
with  a  sword  and  other  military  ensigns — on  a  field  in  the  back-ground, 
his  wife  standing  at  the  door  of  their  Cottage — near  it  a  plough  and 
instruments  of  husbandry.  Round  the  whole,  Omnia  Reliquit  Servare 
Rempublicam.  On  the  reverse,  sun  rising — a  city  with  open  gates,  and 
vessels  entering  the  port— Fame  crowning  CINCINNATUS  with  a  wreath, 
inscribed  Virtutis  Praemium.  Below,  hands  joined,  supporting  a  heart, 
with  the  motto,  Esto  Perpetua.  Round  the  whole,  Societas  Cincinnatorum 
Instituta.  A.  D.  1783." 

The  Society,  deeply  impressed  with  a  sense  of  the 
generous  assistance  this  country  has  received  from 
France,  and  desirous  of  perpetuating  the  friendships 
which  have  been  formed,  and  so  happily  subsisted, 
between  the  officers  of  the  allied  forces,  in  the  prose- 
cution of  the  war,  direct,  that  the  President-General 
transmit,  as  soon  as  may  be,  to  each  of  the  characters 
hereafter  named,  a  medal  containing  the  Order  of  the 
Society,  viz. : 

His  Excellency  the  CHEVALIER  DE  LA  LUZERNE,  Min- 
ister Plenipotentiary, 

His  Excellency  the  SIEUR  GERARD,  late  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary. 


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Their  Excellencies 

The  COUNT  DE  ESTAING, 

The  COUNT  DE  GRASSE, 
The  COUNT  DE  BARRAS, 

The  CHEVALIER  DE  TOUCHES, 

Admirals  and  Commanders  in  the  Navy, 
His  Excellency  the   COUNT   DE  ROCHAMBEAU,  Com- 
mander in  Chief, 

And  the  Generals  and  Colonels  of  his  army,  and 
acquaint  them,  that  the  Society  does  itself  the  honor  to 
consider  them  members. 

Resolved,  That  a  copy  of  the  aforegoing  Institution  be 
given  to  the  senior  officer  of  each  State  line,  and  that 
the  officers  of  the  respective  State  lines  sign  their  names 
to  the  same,  in  manner  and  form  following,  viz. : 

"We,  the  subscribers,  officers  of  the  American  army, 
do  hereby  voluntarily  become  parties  to  the  foregoing 
Institution,  and  do  bind  ourselves  to  observe,  and  be 
governed  by,  the  principles  therein  contained.  For  the 
performance  whereof  we  do  solemnly  pledge  to  each 
other  our  sacred  honor. 

"  Done  in  the  Cantonment,  on  Hudson's  river,  in  the 
year  1783." 

That  the  members  of  the  Society,  at  the  time  of  sub- 
scribing their  names  to  the  Institution,  do  also  sign  a 
draft  on  the  Paymaster-General,  in  the  following  terms 
(the  regiments  to  do  it  regimentally,  and  the  generals 
and  other  officers  not  belonging  to  regiments,  each  for 
himself,  individually),  viz.: 


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"To  JOHN  PIERCE,  Esquire,  Pay- Master- General  to  the 
Army  of  the  United  States. 

Sir:  Please  to  pay  to Treasurer  for  the 

State  association  of  the  Cincinnati,  or  his  order,  one 
month's  pay  of  our  several  grades  respectively,  and 
deduct  the  same  from  the  balance  which  shall  be  found 
due  to  us  on  the  final  liquidation  of  our  accounts ;  for 
which  this  shall  be  your  warrant." 

That  the  members  of  the  several  State  Societies 
assemble  as  soon  as  may  be,  for  the  choice  of  their 
President  and  other  officers ;  and  that  the  Presidents 
correspond  together,  and  appoint  a  meeting  of  the  offi- 
cers who  may  be  chosen  for  each  State,  in  order  to  pur- 
sue such  further  measures  as  may  be  judged  necessary. 

That  the  General  officers,  and  the  officers  delegated 
to  represent  the  several  corps  of  the  Army,  subscribe  to 
the  Institution  of  the  General  Society,  for  themselves 
and  their  constituents,  in  the  manner  and  form  before 
prescribed. 

That  GENERAL  HEATH,  GENERAL  BARON  DE  STEU- 
BEN,  and  GENERAL  KNOX,  be  a  committee  to  wait  on 
his  Excellency  the  Commander-in-Chief,  with  a  copy 
of  the  Institution,  and  request  him  to  honor  the  Society 
by  placing  his  name  at  the  head  of  it. 

That  MAJOR  GENERAL  HEATH,  second  in  command 
in  this  Army,  be,  and  he  hereby  is,  desired  to  transmit 
copies  of  the  Institution,  with  the  proceedings  thereon, 
to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Southern  Army,  the 
senior  officer  in  each  State,  from  Pennsylvania  to  Geor- 
gia, inclusive,  and  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
Rhode  Island  line,  requesting  them  to  communicate  the 


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same  to  the  officers  under  their  several  commands,  and 
to  take  such  measures  as  may  appear  to  them  necessary 
for  expediting  the  establishment  of  their  State  Societies, 
and  sending  a  delegation  to  represent  them  in  the  first 
general  meeting,  to  be  holden  on  the  first  Monday  in 
May,  1784. 

The  meeting  then  adjourned  without  day. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE  CONVENTION  FOR  ESTABLISHING 
THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CINCINNATI,  HELD  AT  THE  CAN- 
TONMENT OF  THE  AMERICAN  ARMY, 
19TH  OF  JUNE,  1783. 

The  BARON  DE  STEUBEN  communicated  a  letter  from 
Major  L'ENFANT,  enclosing  a  design  for  the  medal  and 
order,  containing  the  emblems  of  the  Institution, 

Resolved,  That  the  bald  eagle,  carrying  the  emblems 
on  its  breast,  be  established  as  the  order  of  the  Society, 
and  that  the  ideas  of  Major  L'ENFANT,  respecting  it 
and  the  manner  of  its  being  worn  by  the  members,  be 
adopted.  That  the  order  be  of  the  same  size,  and  in 
every  other  respect  conformable  to  the  said  design, 
which  for  that  purpose  is  certified  by  the  BARON  DE 
STEUBEN,  President  of  this  Convention,  and  to  be  de- 
posited in  the  archives  of  the  Society,  as  the  original, 
from  which  all  copies  are  to  be  made.  Also,  that 
silver  medals,  not  exceeding  the  size  of  a  Spanish 
milled  dollar,  with  the  emblems,  as  designed  by  Major 
L'ENFANT,  and  certified  by  the  President,  be  given  to 
each  and  every  member  of  the  Society,  together  with  a 
diploma,  on  parchment,  whereon  shall  be  impressed  the 
exact  figures  of  the  order  and  medal,  as  above-men- 
tioned ;  anything  in  the  original  Institution,  respecting 
gold  medals,  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding. 

Major  L'ENFANT'S  letter  is  as  follows  : 


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PHILADELPHIA,  10th  June,  1783. 

"My  General :  Immediately  on  receiving  your  letter 
of  the  20th  May,  which  I  met  by  accident  at  the  post 
office,  on  the  7th  inst.,  I  set  myself  about  the  plan  of 
the  medal.  I  send  you  both  faces  of  the  design,  which 
I  have  made  large,  so  that  you  may  better  judge  of 
them.  In  the  execution  they  can  be  reduced  to  a  con- 
venient size,  which,  on  account  of  the  precision  required 
in  the  design,  ought  not  to  be  less  than  a  dollar,  the 
subject  being  too  complex  to  admit  of  its  being  properly 
detailed  in  a  smaller  compass. 

"  I  have  not  made  it  oval,  agreeably  to  your  desire, 
as  such  a  form  is  not  proper  for  a  medal ;  besides,  it  can 
be  done  in  the  execution,  if  the  idea  should  be  persisted 
in  of  having  the  order  in  that  form,  to  which,  however, 
I  think  any  other  preferable.  I  also  believe  and  hope 
that  you  will  be  persuaded  of  this?  and  endeavor  to 
convince  the  gentlemen  of  it  who  compose  the  commit- 
tee for  forming  the  Institution,  and  to  whom  I  beg  you 
to  communicate  the  following  observations : 

"A  medal,  whether  round  or  oval,  is  considered  in 
the  different  states  of  Europe,  only  as  a  reward  of  the 
laborer  and  the  artist,  or  as  a  sign  of  a  manufacturing 
community,  or  religious  society ;  besides,  the  abusive 
custom  prevailing  particularly  in  Germany  and  Italy, 
of  sending  to  France  mountebanks,  dancers  and  musi- 
cians, ornamented  in  this  manner,  renders  it  necessary 
to  distinguish  this  order  by  a  form  which  shall  be  pecu- 
liar to  itself,  and  which  will  answer  the  two-fold  pur- 
pose of  honoring  those  invested  with  it,  and  making 
itself  respected  for  its  simplicity,  by  such  as  may  be  in 
a  situation  minutely  to  examine  its  different  parts. 


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"  Not  that  I  suppose  one  form  or  another  will  change 
the  opinion  of  a  republican  people,  accustomed  to  think ; 
I  only  say,  that  in  an  institution  of  this  sort,  the  main 
design  should  be  to  render  it  respectable  to  everybody, 
and  that  it  is  only  in  appealing  to  the  senses  that  you 
can  engage  the  attention  of  the  common  people,  who 
have  certain  habitual  prejudices  which  cannot  be  de- 
stroyed. A  gentleman  already  invested  with  any  Euro- 
pean order  would  be  unwilling  to  carry  a  medal,  but 
if,  flattered  by  receiving  a  mark  of  distinction  from  a 
respectable  society,  he  should  do  it,  the  manner  of  it 
would  by  no  means  increase  the  value  of  the  order. 
On  the  contrary,  giving  it  a  new  and  particular  form 
will  be  adding  a  recommendation  to  its  real  value,  and 
engage  those  invested  with  it  to  wear  it  in  the  same 
manner  as  their  other  military  orders,  which  is  the 
surest  means  of  putting  it  at  once  upon  a  footing  with 
them. 

"  The  bald  eagle,  which  is  peculiar  to  this  continent, 
and  is  distinguished  from  those  of  other  climates  by  its 
white  head  and  tail,  appears  to  me  to  deserve  attention. 

"I  send  you  two  essays  which  I  have  made,  and 
desire  one  of  them  may  be  adopted  instead  of  the  medal. 
In  one,  I  make  the  eagle  supporting  a  star  with  thirteen 
points,  in  the  centre  of  which  is  the  figure  of  the  medal, 
with  its  inscriptions,  as  well  in  front  as  on  the  reverse. 
A  legend  might  be  added  in  the  claws  and  go  round 
the  neck  of  the  eagle,  with  a  particular  inscription,  or 
the  contour  of  the  medal  transferred  there.  In  the 
other,  I  have  made  simply  the  eagle,  supporting  on  its 
breast  the  figure  of  the  medal,  with  a  legend  in  his 
claws  and  about  the  neck,  which  passes  behind  and  sus- 
tains the  reverse.  I  would  prefer  the  latter,  as  it  does 


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not  resemble  any  other  order,  and  bears  a  distinct  char- 
acter ;  nor  will  it  be  expensive  in  its  execution.  The 
first  device,  although  more  complex,  would  not  be  so 
dear  as  people  might  imagine,  especially  if  the  execu- 
tion of  it  should  be  committed  to  skillful  persons,  which 
would  not  be  the  case  any  more  than  with  the  medal, 
but  by  sending  it  to  Europe,  where  it  would  not  take 
up  a  great  deal  of  time,  nor  be  so  expensive  as  to  trust 
the  execution  of  it  here  to  workmen  not  well  acquainted 
with  the  business. 

"A  medal  is  a  monument  to  be  transmitted  to  pos- 
terity; and,  consequently,  it  is  necessary  that  it  be  exe- 
cuted to  the  highest  degree  of  perfection  possible  in  the 
age  in  which  it  is  struck.  Now,  to  strike  a  medal  well, 
is  a  matter  that  requires  practice  and  a  good  die ;  and 
as  there  is  not  here  either  a  press  proper  for  this  work, 
nor  people  who  can  make  a  good  die,  I  would  willingly 
undertake  to  recommend  the  execution  of  the  medal, 
the  eagle,  or  the  order,  to  such  persons  in  Paris  as  are 
capable  of  executing  it  to  perfection. 

"So  far  from  proposing  to  change  the  oval  medal 
into  an  eagle,  on  which  should  be  impressed  the  medal, 
I  do  not  pretend  to  say  medals  cannot  be  made.  On 
the  contrary,  my  idea  of  the  subject  is  that  silver 
medals  should  be  struck,  at  the  common  expense  of  the 
Society,  and  distributed,  one  to  each  member,  as  an 
appendage  to  a  diploma  of  parchment,  whereon  it  would 
be  proper  to  stamp  the  figure  of  the  medal,  the  eagle, 
or  the  star,  in  its  full  dimensions,  and  properly  colored, 
enjoining  on  the  members  to  conform  to  it,  though  leav- 
ing them  the  liberty,  provided  it  be  at  their  own  ex- 
pense, of  having  it  made  of  such  metal  and  as  small  as 
they  please,  without  altering  any  of  the  emblems.  It 


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seems  to  me  by  no  means  proper  that  the  honorary 
members  should  wear  the  order  in  the  same  manner  as 
the  original  members ;  it  would  be  necessary  that  they 
should  wear  the  medal,  the  star,  or  the  eagle,  round 
their  necks,  and  the  original  members  at  the  third 
button-hole. 

"These  remarks,  I  beg  you,  my  General,  to  have 
translated  and  submitted  to  the  gentlemen  concerned. 
I  shall  be  obliged  to  you  to  let  me  know  the  issue  of 
this  letter,  and  their  decision  upon  it. 

"  I  have,  etc.,  etc.,  etc., 

"  L'ENFANT. 

"JN".  B.  The  head  and  tail  of  the  eagle  should  be 
silver,  or  enamelled  in  white,  the  body  and  wings  gold, 
the  medal  on  its  breast  and  back  enamelled  in  the  same 
color  as  the  legend ;  sprigs  of  laurel  and  oak  might  be 
added  in  the  wings  enamelled  in  green  ;  the  star  should 
be  pointed  in  gold,  or  enamelled  in  blue  and  white ; 
those  who  would  be  at  the  expense  might,  instead  of 
white,  have  diamonds.  The  riband,  as  is  customary  in 
all  orders,  should  be  watered." 

Resolved,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be 
transmitted,  by  the  President,  to  Major  L'ENFANT,  for 
his  care  and  ingenuity  in  preparing  the  aforementioned 
designs,  and  that  he  be  acquainted  that  they  cheerfully 
embrace  his  offer  of  assistance,  and  request  a  continu- 
ance of  his  attention  in  carrying  the  designs  into  exe- 
cution, for  which  purpose  the  President  is  desired  to 
correspond  with  him. 


©ffice*s  of  tfce  ^ ociettj  of  tlxc 
Cincinnati. 

Presidents-  General. 

1783.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON,  of  Virginia. 
1800.     ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  of  New  York. 

1805.  CHARLES  COTESWORTH  PINCKNEY,  of  South  Carolina. 

1825.  THOMAS  PINCKNEY,  of  South  Carolina. 

1829.  AARON  OGDEN,  of  New  Jersey. 

1839.  MORGAN  LEWIS,  of  New  York. 

1844.  WILLIAM  POPHAM,  of  New  York. 

1848.  HENRY  ALEXANDER  SCAMMELL  DEARBORN,  of  Massachu- 
setts. 

1854  HAMILTON  FISH,  of  New  York. 

1896.  WILLIAM  WAYNE,  of  Pennsylvania. 

Vice- Presidents-  General, 

1784.  HORATIO  GATES,  of  Virginia. 
1787.     THOMAS  MIFFLIN,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1799.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  of  New  York. 

1800.  CHARLES  COTESWORTH  PINCKNEY,  of  South  Carolina. 
1805.     HENRY  KNOX,  of  Massachusetts. 

1811.  JOHN  BROOKS,  of  Massachusetts. 

1825.  AARON  OGDEN,  of  New  Jersey. 

1829.  MORGAN  LEWIS,  of  New  York. 

1839.  WILLIAM  SHUTE,  of  New  Jersey. 

1844.  HORACE  BINNEY,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1848.  HAMILTON  FISH,  of  New  York. 

1854.  CHARLES  STEWART  DAVEIS,  of  Massachusetts. 

1866.  JAMES  WARREN  SEVER,  of  Massachusetts. 

1872.  JAMES  SIMONS,  of  South  Carolina. 


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1881.  WILLIAM  ARMSTRONG  IRVINE,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1887.  ROBERT  MILLIGAN  MOL/ANE,  of  Maryland. 

1896.  WINSLOW  WARREN,  of  Massachusetts. 

Secretaries-  General. 

1783.  HENRY  KNOX,  of  Massachusetts. 
1799.  WILLIAM  JACKSON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1829.  ALEXANDER  W.  JOHNSTON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1857.  THOMAS  McEuEN,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1875.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  HARRIS,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1884.  ASA  BIRD  GARDINER,  of  Rhode  Island. 

Assistant  Secretaries-  General. 

1784.  OTHO  HOLLAND  WILLIAMS,  of  Maryland. 
1787.  GEORGE  TURNER,  of  South  Carolina. 
1790.  WILLIAM  MCPHERSON,  of  Pennsylvania. 
1799.  NATHAN  DORSEY,  of  Pennsylvania. 
1802.  WILLIAM  DENT  BEALL,  of  Maryland. 
1825.  JOHN  MARKLAND,  of  Pennsylvania. 
1829.  THOMAS  McEuEN,  of  Pennsjdvania. 

1857.  GEORGE  WASHINGTON  HARRIS,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1875.  RICHARD  IRVING  MANNING,  of  Maryland. 

1890.  THOMAS  PINCKNEY  LOWNDES,  of  South  Carolina. 

1896.  NICHOLAS  FISH,  of  New  York. 

Treasurers-  General. 

1783.  ALEXANDER  McDouGALL,  of  New  York. 

1796.  WILLIAM  JACKSON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1799.  WILLIAM  MCPHERSON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1825.  ALLEN  McL/ANE,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1832.  JOHN  MARKLAND,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1838.  JOSEPH  WARREN  SCOTT,  of  New  Jersey. 

1872.  TENCH  TILGHMAN,  of  Maryland. 

1875.  ALEXANDER  HAMILTON,  JR.,  of  New  York. 

1881.  JOHN  SCHUYLER,  of  New  York. 

1896.  RICHARD  MEREDITH  MCSHERRY,  of  Maryland. 


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Assistant  Treasurers-  General. 

1825.  ALEXANDER  W.  JOHNSTON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1829.  JOHN  MARKLAND,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1832.  JOSEPH  WARREN  SCOTT,  of  New  Jersey. 

1838.  WILLIAM  JACKSON,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1851.  JOHN  HENRY  MARKLAND,  of  Pennsylvania. 

1863.  JOHN  MCDOWELL,  of  New  Jersey. 

1872.  WILLIAM  BERRIAN  DAYTON,  of  New  Jersey. 

1881.  HERMAN  BURGIN,  of  New  Jersey. 

1893.  HENRY  THAYER  DROWNE,  of  Rhode  Island. 


llxc  ^eal  of  tlxe  jlociety;  iu  ttxc  ^tatc  of 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  REPORT  OF  PRESIDENT  JOSEPH   BLOOMFIELD,  MADE 
TO  THE  SOCIETY  AT  ELIZABETOWN  JULY  4,  1809. 

"The  Principal  figure  Cincinnatus.  The  Time,  when  his 
Country  no  longer  needed  his  exertions  in  Arms. 

"His  Sword  and  Shield,  ornamented  with  an  Eagle,  are 
thrown  aside,  to  which  he  is  pointing,  with  one  hand  and  with 
the  other  taking  hold  of  the  Plough  ;  intimating  that  he  has 
given  up  his  high  Military  Employments  ;  became  a  private 
citizen,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  pursuits  of  Agriculture. 

"On  a  Scroll,  above  Cincinnatus,  is  inscribed  the  'Reward 
of  Virtue,'  'Virtutis-  Premium'  ;  ornamented  with  Roses,  as 
Emblematical  of  the  Beauty  and  fragrance  of  Virtuous  Actions 
which  like  the  fragrance  of  the  Rose  remains  after  death. 

"A  fortified  City  and  Harbour,  with  an  Ancient  Galley  in 
view  ;  distant  mountains,  with  a  rising  Sun." 


(Dvgam^atiou  of  tfts  Society  in  tfce  jitate 
of  Ueiu  gersey. 


EXTRACT  FROM  THE  MINUTES  OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  THE  CINCINNATI  IN 
THE  STATE  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 

ELIZABETHTOWN,  llth  June,  1783. 

The  officers  of  the  New  Jersey  Line  being  about  to 
return  to  their  respective  places  of  abode,  were  requested 
by  General  DAYTON,  to  convene,  for  the  purpose  of  con- 
sidering the  Institution  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati, 
and,  after  some  time  spent  thereon,  they  resolved  unani- 
mously to  become  members,  and  subscribed  the  Institu- 
tion accordingly. 

The  Society  then  proceeded  to  the  election  of  officers, 
to  continue  till  the  next  meeting,  and  the  following 
gentlemen  were  elected  : 

General  ELTAS  DAYTON,  President. 

Lieutenant  Col.  JONATHAN  FORMAN,  Vice-  President. 

Reverend  ANDREW  HUNTER,  Secretary. 

Major  RICHARD  Cox,  Treasurer. 

Doctor  EBENEZER  ELMER,  Assistant  Treasurer. 

The  Society  then  adjourned  to  meet  at  Princeton,  the 
22d  day  of  September  next. 


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BY-LAWS. 

MEETINGS. 

SEC.  I.  The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  held 
on  the  4th  day  of  July.  Such  other  stated  meetings  may 
be  held  as  shall  be  ordered  by  the  Society.  To  the  banquets 
given  at  any  stated  meeting,  four  (4)  guests  may  be  invited 
by  the  Committee  of  Arrangements  and  three  (3)  by  the 
President ;  these  seven  (7)  guests  to  include  the  speakers, 
and  to  dine  at  the  expense  of  the  Society.  Extraordinary 
or  special  meetings  may  be  called  by  the  President,  or,  in 
the  event  of  his  death,  absence,  or  inability  to  act,  by  the 
Vice-President,  and  shall  also  be  called  upon  the  written 
request  of  ten  (10)  members  of  the  Society.  No  business 
shall  be  transacted  at  extraordinary  or  special  meetings 
except  such  as  shall  be  mentioned  in  the  call  therefor. 

QUORUM. 

SEC.  II.  Twelve  (12)  hereditary  members  shall  constitute 
a  quorum. 

ORDER    OF    BUSINESS. 

SEC.  III.  The  order  of  business  at  the  annual  meeting 
shall  be : 

1.  Prayer. 

2.  Roll  call. 

3.  Reading  of  the  minutes. 

4.  Reports  of  the  President,  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Stand- 
ing Committee  and  Special  Committees. 

5.  Unfinished  business. 

6.  New  business. 

7.  Election  of  officers. 

OFFICERS. 

SEC.  IV.  The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  President, 
a  Vice-President,  a  Secretary,  an  Assistant  Secretary,  a 
Treasurer,  an  Assistant  Treasurer,  and  a  Chaplain,  who- 


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shall  be  elected,  by  a  ballot,  at  the  annual  meeting,  to  serve 
for  one  year  or  until  their  successors  are  chosen,  and  shall 
be  members  of  the  Standing  Committee  provided  for  in 
Section  IX.  The  official  headquarters  of  the  Society  shall 
be  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  the  President,  the  Secre- 
tary (when  the  Secretary  now  in  office  shall  cease  to  serve) 
and  the  Treasurer  shall  be  residents  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey. 

DELEGATES    TO    THE    GENERAL    SOCIETY. 

SEC.  V.  At  each  annual  meeting,  five  (5)  delegates  and 
five  (5)  alternates  shall  be  elected,  by  ballot,  to  represent 
the  Society  at  such  meetings  of  the  General  Society  as  may 
be  held  during  the  ensuing  year. 

PRESIDING    OFFICER. 

SEC.  VI.  The  President,  or,  in  his  absence,  the  Vice- 
President,  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Society,  and 
such  meetings  shall  be  conducted  in  accordance  with  Rob- 
erts' Rules  of  Order.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  of  the 
President  and  Vice-President,  the  meeting  shall  elect  a 
Chairman.  The  President  shall  be  ex  officio  a  member  of 
all  committees. 

DUTIES    OF    THE    SECRETARY. 

SEC.  VII.  The  Secretary  shall  have  the  custody  of  the 
seal,  books  and  papers  of  the  Society,  and  shall  record  the 
minutes  of  all  meetings  in  a  book  to  be  kept  for  that  pur- 
pose ;  he  shall  record  the  dates  of  the  death  of  members, 
the  names  of  their  successors,  with  the  dates  of  their  admis- 
sion, the  various  National,  State  or  Society  offices  held  by 
them,  and  such  other  memoranda  of  their  histories  as  he 
may  be  able  to  obtain. 

DUTIES    OF    THE    TREASURER. 

SEC.  VIII.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  have  charge 
of  all  moneys  (except  the  permanent  fund  provided  for  in 
Section  X.)  belonging  to  the  Society,  whether  interest  on  the 
permanent  fund  or  from  other  sources ;  he  shall  deposit  all 
moneys  received  in  such  New  Jersey  bank  or  trust  com- 


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pany,  allowing  interest  on  the  daily  balance  to  its  credit,  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  Standing  Committee ;  he  shall 
pay  only  such  bills  as  shall  have  first  been  approved  in 
writing  by  the  President,  and  shall  pay  the  same  only  by 
check,  countersigned  by  the  President.  The  Treasurer  shall 
keep  regular  accounts,  and  present  them  before  the  annual 
meeting,  and  at  other  times  if  required,  to  the  Standing 
Committee  for  audit. 

STANDING    COMMITTEE. 

SEC.  IX.  There  shall  be  a  Standing  Committee,  which 
shall  be  elected  annually,  and  shall  be  composed  of  seven 
(7)  members  of  the  Society  and  the  general  officers  named 
in  Section  IV.,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  take  charge  of  the 
general  affairs  of  the  Society,  and  of  such  special  matters 
as  may  be  referred  to  it,  or  which  may  be  of  special  interest 
to  the  Society  ;  to  examine  all  claims  and  authorize  the 
payment  of  such  as  are  proved  to  be  just ;  to  recommend  to 
the  Society  such  donations  to  the  families  of  deceased  mem- 
bers as  investigation  may  show  to  be  necessary  and  proper, 
and  to  fill  vacancies  for  unexpired  terms  of  all  offices 
becoming  vacant  by  death,  resignation  or  other  reason.  It 
shall  have  power  to  invest,  call  in  and  re-invest  any  of  the 
moneys  belonging  to  the  Society,  and  shall  audit  the 
accounts  of  the  Treasurer  before  each  annual  meeting.  It 
shall  elect  a  Chairman,  who  shall  preside  at  its  meetings. 
The  Secretary  of  the  Society  shall  be  the  Secretary  of  the 
Standing  Committee. 

DEPOSITARY    FOR    SECURITIES. 

SEC.  X.  At  each  annual  meeting  of  the  Society,  a  trust 
company  shall  be  selected  as  a  depositary  for  securities 
owned  by  the  Society.  Such  trust  company,  under  the 
instructions  and  subject  to  the  orders  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittee, shall  have  the  care  of  the  securities  of  the  Society, 
which  shall  be  registered  in  the  name  of  the  Standing 
Committee  as  Trustee  for  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  State  of  New  Jersey  ;  and  at  the  meeting  of  the  Stand- 
ing Committee  immediately  preceding  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  Society,  three  (3)  members  of  the  said  committee, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  the  President,  shall  be  appointed  to 


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represent  the  Standing  Committee  for  the  year  following  in 
its  business  with  said  trust  company,  and  the  Secretary  of 
the  Society  shall,  under  the  seal  of  the  Society,  notify  the 
said  trust  company  of  the  appointment  of  such  Executive 
Committee. 

TERM    OF    OFFICE. 

SEC.  XI.  All  officers,  delegates,  alternates,  and  members 
of  committees,  shall  continue  in  their  respective  authorities 
until  others  are  elected  or  appointed  in  their  stead. 

INVESTMENTS. 

SEC.  XII.  All  investments  shall  be  in  the  securities  of  the 
United  States  or  of  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  or  as  specially 
authorized  by  the  Standing  Committee. 

DEBATES. 

SEC.  XIII.  The  members  of  the  Society  shall  be  bound 
in  honor  to  keep  secret  any  matter  offered  in  debate,  or  any 
individual  opinion  expressed  relating  to  the  admission  of 
members. 

HONORARY    MEMBERS. 

SEC.  XIV.  Honorary  members,  or  those  applying  under 
the  provisions  of  Rule  II.,  must  be  proposed  at  the  annual 
meeting  previous  to  that  at  which  they  are  to  be  balloted 
for.  All  elections  shall  be  by  ballot,  and  five  (5)  negative 
votes  shall  be  considered  as  a  rejection  of  any  candidate. 
Honorary  members  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  of 
regular  members,  except  those  of  holding  office  and  of 
voting :  they  shall  have  no  interest  in  the  funds  of  the 
Society,  and  no  right  of  succession  shall  attach  to  their 
membership.  If  any  honorary  member  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  to  attend  two  (2)  successive  annual  meetings  of  the 
Society,  and  no  satisfactory  reason  shall  be  assigned  for  the 
same,  such  refusal  or  neglect  shall  be  construed  to  be  ipso 
facto  a  resignation  of  his  membership,  and  the  Society  may 
thereupon  proceed  to  declare  his  membership  to  have 
ceased.  A  copy  of  this  by-law  shall  be  sent  to  each 
honorary  member. 


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BELIEF. 

SEC.  XV.  All  applications  for  relief  or  allowance  from 
this  State  Society  shall  be  made  in  writing  and  addressed 
to  the  Standing  Committee ;  and  such  application  must 
show  that  the  party  so  applying  or  applied  for  is  in  neces- 
sitous circumstances  and  worthy  of  relief. 

COMMITTEE    OF    ARRANGEMENTS. 

SEC.  XVI.  At  each  annual  meeting  the  Society  shall 
elect  a  committee  of  three  (3)  members,  whose  duty  it  shall 
be  to  select  the  place  of  the  next  meeting  and  to  attend  to 
the  necessary  arrangements. 

SEC.  XVII.  No  by-law  or  rule  shall  be  altered  or  repealed 
unless  such  proposed  change  or  repeal  shall  have  been  pro- 
posed at  the  previous  annual  meeting,  and  be  agreed  to  by 
a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  members  present. 

CUSTOMS    OF    THE    SOCIETY. 

SEC.  XVIII.  The  ancient  customs  of  the  Society  shall 
remain  unimpaired. 

SEC.  XIX.  All  by-laws  inconsistent  herewith,  heretofore 
adopted,  are  hereby  repealed. 


RULES. 

•I.  Where  there  are  male  descendants  of  an  original  mem 
ber  in  the  male  line,  the  right  of  membership  belongs  to 
the  eldest  male  heir  of  the  eldest  male  line,  but  where  the 
male  line  is  extinct,  the  Society  may  determine  which  of 
the  female  line  shall  have  the  representation  ;  and  where 
there  are  no  lineal  descendants  of  an  original  member,  a 
descendant  of  a  brother  or  sister  of  the  original  member 
may  succeed  to  the  representation.  Upon  the  death  of  a 
member,  the  right  of  succession  shall  descend  to  his  eldest 
heir  in  the  male  line,  and  if  the  person  upon  whom 


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devolves  the  succession,  being  of  full  age,  shall  fail  to 
apply  for  his  membership  within  two  (2)  years,  he  shall  be 
notified  by  the  Secretary  at  his  last-known  place  of  resi- 
dence (a  copy  of  this  rule  accompanying  such  notification), 
and  if  within  a  year  thereafter  he  declines  or  omits  to  make 
said  application,  the  right  of  succession  may,  at  the  option 
of  the  Society,  be  offered  to  his  next  male  heir ;  and  if  he 
also  declines  or  omits  to  avail  himself  of  the  offer  within  a 
year,  the  Society  may  determine  which,  if  any,  of  the  other 
descendants  of  the  original  member  shall  succeed  to  the 
representation ;  provided,  however,  if  the  next  male  heir  of 
the  person  regularly  entitled  to  the  succession  be  a  minor, 
the  eligibility  to  membership  being  vested  in  him,  such 
membership  shall  remain  in  abeyance  until  such  disability 
shall  cease. 

II.  The  lineal  descendants  of  officers  of  the  army  or  navy 
of  the  Revolution,  wrhose  records  are  unsullied,  who  did  not 
join  the  Society  at  its  institution,  and  who  are  unrepre- 
sented in  the  Society,  may  be  admitted  to  membership  in 
this  State  Society,  but  such  representation  shall  be  upon 
the  following  conditions : 

Each  applicant  shall  furnish  satisfactory  evidence  of  his 
good  character  and  moral  worth,  and  shall  pay  into  the 
treasury  of  the  Society  the  sum  of  five  hundred  dollars 
($500). 

III.  Any   person    claiming    membership    shall    make 
written    application   to   the   Standing   Committee,    stating 
clearly  his  claim.     The  committee  shall  examine  the  same, 
and,  after  receiving  such  proof  as  it  thinks  proper  in  its 
support,  shall  report  to  the  Society  its  opinion  in  writing. 
The  Society  reserves  to  itself  the  right  to  reject  or  pass  over 
any  application   where  it  is  deemed  best  for  its  interest 
to  do  so. 

IV.  No  elections  for  members  shall  be  held  except  at  the 
annual  meetings. 

V.  None  but  males  of  full   age   shall  be   admitted   to 
membership.     The  eligibility  to  membership  in  succession 
devolving  upon  a  minor,  shall  be  deemed  vested  in  such 
minor,   and  such  membership  shall  remain  in   abeyance 
until  the  disability  cease  or  be  terminated  as  provided  for 
in  Rule  I. 


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Presidents. 

1783.  ELIAS  DAYTON. 

1808.  JOSEPH  BLOOMFIELD. 

1824.  AARON  OGDEN. 

1839.  EBENEZER  ELMER. 

1840.  WILLIAM  SHUTE. 
1842.  EBENEZER  ELMER. 
1844.  JOSEPH  WARREN  SCOTT. 

1871.  Lucius  QUINTIUS  CINCINNATUS  ELMER. 

1883.  CLIFFORD  STANLEY  SIMS. 

1896.  WILLIAM  SCUDDER  STRYKER. 

'  Vice- Presidents. 

1783.  JONATHAN  FORMAN. 

1783.  DAVID  BREARLEY. 

1791.  DAVID  FORMAN. 

1793.  JOSEPH  BLOOMFIELD. 

1808.  JOHN  NOBLE  GUMMING. 

1822.  JEREMIAH  BALLARD. 

1824.  EBENEZER  ELMER. 

1838.  WILLIAM  SHUTE. 

1840.  JOSEPH  WARREN  SCOTT. 

1842.  WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  DE  HART. 

1848.  GEORGE  CUMINS  THOMAS. 

1862.  Lucius  QUINTIUS  CINCINNATUS  ELMER. 

1871.  CHARLES  CLINTON  BEATTY. 

1883.  WILLIAM  BOWEN  BUCK. 


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Secretaries. 

1783.  ANDREW  HUNTER. 

1790.  JAMES  FRANCIS  ARMSTRONG. 

1797.  ANDREW  HUNTER. 

1811.  GEORGE  CLINTON  BARBER. 

1829.  PHILIP  CORTLANDT  HAY. 

1830.  JOHN  JAY  PLUME. 

1833.  ROBERT  HEDDEN  GUMMING. 

1850.  LUTHER  HALSEY. 

1852.  FRANCIS  BARBER. 

1857.  WILLIAM  BOWEN  BUCK. 

1867.  WILLIAM  BERRIAN  DAYTON. 

1875.  FRANCIS  BARBER  OGDEN. 

1891.  WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  SPENCER. 

1895.  WESSEL  TEN  BROECK  STOUT  IMLAY. 

Assistant  Secretaries. 

1873.  FRANCIS  BARBER  OGDEN. 

1879.  EDWARD  RIGGS  PENNINGTON. 

1884.  WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  SPENCER. 

1891.  WILLIAM  PANCOAST  BARBER. 

1894.  WESSEL  TEN  BROECK  STOUT  IMLAY. 

1895.  WILLIAM  MCKNIGHT  RECKLESS. 

Treasurers. 

1783.  RICHARD  Cox. 

1811.  ERKURIES  BEATTY. 

1823.  JOHN  BEATTY. 

1826.  EBENEZER  ELMER. 

1829.  ROBERT  LIVINGSTON  ARMSTRONG. 

1833.  JOSEPH  WARREN  RECKLESS. 

1838.  ROBERT  DAYTON  SPENCER. 

1854.  JOHN  MCDOWELL. 

1869.  WILLIAM  BOWEN  BUCK. 

1875.  WILLIAM  BERRIAN  DAYTON. 

1881.  HERMAN  BURGIN. 

1891.  DAVID  PROVOOST  THOMAS. 

1893.  JAMES  WALL  SCHUREMAN  CAMPBELL. 


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Assistant  Treasurers. 

1783.  EBENEZER  ELMER. 

1826.  ROBERT  LIVINGSTON  ARMSTRONG. 

1829.  JOSEPH  WARREN  RECKLESS. 

1833.  WILLIAM  PENNINGTON. 

1869.  FRANCIS  BUCK  MCDOWELL. 

1875.  HERMAN  BURGIN. 

1887.  DAVID  PROVOOST  THOMAS. 

1891.  JAMES  WALL  SCHUREMAN  CAMPBELL. 

1893.  FRANK  DAVENPORT  HOWELL. 

Chaplains. 

1867.  CHARLES  CLINTON  BEATTY. 

1871.  LUTHER  HALSEY. 

1882.  WILLIAM  HENRY  HORNBLOWER. 

1884.  SAMUEL  MOORE  SHUTE. 

1898.  FRANK  LANDON  HUMPHREYS. 


poster  of  (Dfficers  aufl  gfomfcevs,  Jultj  4, 

1898. 


PRESIDENT  : 

WILLIAM  S.  STRYKER. 

VICE-PRESIDENT  : 

WILLIAM  B.  BUCK. 

SECRETARY  : 

W.  TEN  BROECK  S.  IMLAY. 

ASSISTANT   SECRETARY  : 

WILLIAM  McK.  RECKLESS. 

TREASURER  : 

JAMES  W.  S.  CAMPBELL. 

ASSISTANT   TREASURER  : 

FRANKLIN  D.  HOWELL. 

CHAPLAIN  : 
FRANK  LANDON  HUMPHREYS. 

STANDING  COMMITTEE  : 
Henry  S.  Harris,  Chairman. 

John  C.  Sims,         William  W.  Ballard,         William  P.  Barber, 

Paul  A.  Hendry,  F.  Wolcott  Jackson, 

John  L.  Cadwalader. 

DELEGATES   TO   THE   GENERAL   SOCIETY  : 

William  S.  Stryker,  Henry  S.  Harris, 

John  C.  Sims,  Franklin  D.  Howell, 

W.  Ten  Broeck  S.  Imlay. 


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ALTERNATES  : 

John  L.  Cadwalader, 

Timothy  M.  Cheesman,  Frank  L.  Humphreys, 

F.  Wolcott  Jackson,  James  W.  S.  Campbell. 

MEMBER   OF   THE   STANDING   EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE   OF   THE 
GENERAL   SOCIETY  : 

William  S.  Stryker. 


Hereditary  ptcmbers. 

Admitted. 

1876.  Mr.  Ogden  Armstrong,     .         .       1320  Locust  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Chaplain  James  Francis  Armstrong. 

1831.  Lieutenant  Commander  Con  way  Hillyer  Arnold,  U.  S.  X.,  on  service,  care 

Navy  Department,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Con  way. 

1889.  Mr.  Charles  Adolphe  Baldwin,  A.M.,     .     Union  Club,  New  York  City. 
Representing  Captain  Daniel  Baldwin. 

1876.  Mr.  William  VVilmot  Ballard,  152  Baldwin  Street,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Representing  Captain  Jeremiah  Ballard. 

1887.  Mr.  William  Pancoast  Barber,  1045  East  Jersey  Street,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  Francis  Barber. 

1883.  Mr.  Charles  Clinton  Beatty, Redlands,  Cal. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Erkuries  Beatty. 

1896.  Mr.  Waldron  Phoenix  Belknap.     .     5  Gramercy  Park,  New  York  City. 
Representing  Captain  David  Lenox. 

1889.  Mr.  James  Seguin  de  Benneville,  A.B  ,  1716  Pine  St ,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Surgeon  Daniel  de  Benneville. 

1875.  Mr.  William  Eussell  Bloomfield,     1008  Sheffield  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 
Representing  Major  Joseph  Bloomfield. 

1891.  Mr.  Lewis  Dunham  Boggs,     .        .     18  Murray  Street,  New  York  City. 
Representing  Surgeon  Lewis  Ford  Dunham. 

1891.  Mr.  Thomas  Jefferson  Bonnell,        ....     Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 

Representing  Captain  James  Bonnell. 

1856.  Mr.  William  Bowen  Buck,     .     Philadelphia  Bourse,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Brevet  Captain  Joseph  Buck. 

1884.  Mr.  Robert  Wallace  Burnet,     .     61  Johnson  Building,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

Representing  Surgeon  General  William  Burnet. 

1885.*Hon.  John  Lambert  Cadwalader,  A.M  ,  LL  D  ,    40  Wall  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 
Representing  Colonel  Lambert  Cadwalader 

1885.  Mr.  James  Wall  Schureman  Campbell,      .        .        .      Freehold,  N.  J. 

Representing  Surgeon  George  Walker  Campbell. 

1885.  Mr.  Charles  Henry  Campfield,     .     117  North  Third  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Representing  Surgeon  Jabez  Campfield. 

1895.  Mr.  Frederick  Alexander  Canfield,  C.E.,    ....    Dover,  N.J. 

Representing  Captain  Peter  Dickerson. 

1891.  Mr.  Alexander  Johnston  Cassatt,     26  South  15th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Ensign  James  Johnston. 

*  Honorary  Member,  1876. 


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1889.  Mr.  Timothy  Matlack  Cheesman,  A.M.,  M.D.,   46  E.  29th  St.,  N.  Y.  City. 

Representing  Captain  Jacob  Cheesman. 

1895.  Mr.  Alexander  McWhorter  Camming,  135  Jefferson  Ave.,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  Commandant  John  Noble  dimming. 

1898.  Mr.  Ulric  Dahlgren,  A.M., Princeton,  N.  J. 

Representing  Surgeon  William  Messenger  Barnet. 

1872.  Mr.  Aaron  Ogden  Dayton, Camden,  N.  J. 

Representing  Captain  Jonathan  Dayton. 

1895.  Mr.  Hughes  Dayton,  M.D.,  .        .   25  East  46th  Street,  New  York  City. 

Representing  Brigadier  General  Ellas  Dayton. 

1868.  Mr.  William  Chetwood  De  Hart,     .    70  Long  Wharf,  Steamer  Hamlin. 
Representing  Captain  Cyrus  De  Hart.      Boston,  Mass. 

1888.  Major  William  Miller  Este,  A.M ,  U.  S.  Vols.,    60  Broadway,  N.  Y.  City. 
Representing  Captain  Moses  Este. 

1884.  Mr.  Nathan  Ford,    .        .        .        .672  17th  Street,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 
Representing  Brevet  Captain  Mahlon  Ford. 

1898.  Mr.  Persifor  Frazer,  A.M.,  Dr.  es-Sci.  Nat.  Un.  de  France,     928  Spruce 
Representing  Major  John  Hollinshead.  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

1884.  Brevet  Brigadier  General  Edward  Burd  Grubb,  U.  S.  Volunteers, 

Representing  Captain  Peter  Grubb.  Edgewater  Park,  N.  J. 

1896.  Mr.  Luther  Murphy  Halsey,  M  D.,      .        .         .      Williamstown,  N.  J. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Luther  Halsey. 

1884.  Hon.  Henry  Schenck  Harris,  A.M.,    ....     Belvidere,  N.  J. 

Representing  Surgeon  Jacob  Harris. 

1881.  Mr.  Franklin  Anderson  Heard,       ....       Hagerstown,  Md. 
Representing  Captain  John  Heard. 

1883.  Mr.  Paul  Augustine  Hendry,     1713  Montgomery  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Captain  Samuel  Hendry. 

1885.  Mr.  Charles  Brearley  Hopkins,        .        .        Present  address  unknown. 

Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  David  Brearley. 

1890.  Mr.  Alfred  Bell  Howell, Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Representing  Captain  John  Howell. 

1888.  First  Lieutenant  Franklin  Davenport  Howell,  late  U.  S.  A.,    .    Broad  St. 
Representing  Surgeon  Lewis  Howell.  Sta.,  Pa.  R.  R.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

1894.  Rev.  Richard  Lewis  Howell,     .        .        .     1529  New  Hampshire  Ave., 
Representing  Major  Richard  Howell.  Washington,  D.  C. 

1897.*Rev.  Frank  Landon  Humphreys,  D.D.,        .          .         Morristown,  N.  J. 
Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  David  Humphreys. 

1887.  Mr.  Richard  Stockton  Hunter,  A.M.,  308  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Representing  Chaplain  Andrew  Hunter. 

1881.  Mr.  Alexander  Chambers  Hyer,    .         .        .    Present  address  unknown. 
Representing  Ensign  Jacob  Hyer. 

1886.  Mr.  David  Beatty  Idell,   .        .  819  Washington  Street,  Hoboken,  N.  J. 

Representing  Colonel  John  Beatty. 

1885.  Mr.  Wessel  Ten  Broeck  Stout  Imlay,   551  Madison  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Representing  Brevet  Captain  Wessel  Ten  Broeck  Stout. 

•Honorary  Member,  1894. 


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1888.*Mr.  Frederick  Wolcott  -Jackson,  A.M.,       .        .        .       Newark,  N.  J. 
Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  Joshua  Huntington. 

1884.  Mr.  Thomas  Talmadge  Kinney,  AM.,.        .        .        .     Newark,  N.  J. 

Representing  Lieutenant  Abraham  Kinney. 

1885.  Mr.  George  Tibbits  Lane, Troy,  N.  Y. 

Representing  Captain  Derick  Lane. 

1895.  Mr.  William  Edward  Lloyd •    Freehold,  N.  J. 

Representing  Brevet  Major  William  Lloyd. 

1890.  Mr.  Hamilton  Markley,     .        .        .521  Linden  Street,  Camden,  N.  J. 
Representing  Ensign  Robert  Hamilton. 

1894.  Mr.  Henry  Dusenberry  Maxwell,  A.M.,   .   8  South  Third  St.,  Easton,  Pa. 
Representing  Brigadier  General  William  Maxwell. 

1888.  Mr.  Flavel  McGee,  A.M.,    .       .    1  Exchange  Place,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Representing  Deputy  Muster  Master  Joseph  Clark. 

1886.  Mr.  James  Mortimer  Montgomery,    .     103  Front  Street,  New  York  City. 

Representing  Colonel  William  Malcolm. 

1884.  Mr.  Enoch  Anson  More,  Jr., Denver,  Col. 

Representing  Surgeon  Ebenezer  Elmer. 

1894.  Mr.  Henry  Ford  Ogden,      .        .        211  Ninth  Street,  Hoboken,  N.  J. 
Representing  Major  Aaron  Ogden. 

1887.  Mr.  William  Case  Osmun, Finderne,  N.  J. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Benajah  Osmun. 

1880.  Mr.  Almarin  Brooks  Paul,         .        1032  Broadway,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Representing  Ensign  Almarin  Brooks. 

1887.  Mr.  William  Pennington,       .        .        757  Broad  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  William  Sandford  Pennington. 

1879.  Mr.  Horace  Phillips.  A.M., College  Park,  Cal. 

Representing  Captain  Jonathan  Phillips. 

1876.  Brevet  Major  John  Henry  Piatt,  A.B.,  LL  B.,  late  U.  S.  A.,      602  Second 
Representing  Captain  Jacob  Piatt.  Ave.,  N.  Y.  City 

1894.  Mr.  John  James  Piatt, North  Bend,  Ohio. 

Representing  Captain  William  Piatt. 

1893.  Mr.  Isaac  Hull  Piatt,  M.D., Lakewood,  N.  J. 

Representing  Lieutenant  Joseph  Hull. 

1889.  Mr.  William  McKnight  Reckless,     .    80  South  Street,  New  York  City. 

Representing  Lieutenant  Anthony  Reckless. 

1886.  Mr.  James  Grant  Reed, Allentown,  Pa. 

Representing  Ensign  John  Reed. 

1889.  Mr.  John  Jackson  Biker,       .        .       46  Cedar  Street,  New  York  City. 
Representing  Surgeon  John  Berrien  Riker. 

1883.  Mr.  Arthur  Ryerson,  A.M.,  LL.  B.,     .    59  Bellevue  Place,  Chicago,  111 
Representing  Lieutenant  Thomas  Ryerson. 

1894.  Mr.  William  Earle  Dodge  Scott,     .    62  William  Street,  New  York  City. 

Representing  Surgeon  Moses  Scott. 

1888.  Mr.  Walter  Yeatman  Sedam, Denver,  Col. 

Representing  Ensign  Cornelius  Ryer  Sedam. 

*  Honorary  Member,  1884. 


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1887.  Hon.  Horatio  Seymour,  A.M., Marquette,  Mich. 

Representing  Lieutenant  Colonel  Jonathan  Forman. 

1886.  Mr.  James  Davis  Shute,       .'....        Lonoke,  Ark. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  William  Shute. 

1883.  Eev.  Samuel  Moore  Shute,  D  D.,  Chaplain  to  the  General  Society, 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Samuel  Moore  Shute.  Kerfoot,  Va. 

1896.  Mr.  Charles  Abercrombie  Sims,     ....     Mount  Holly,  N.  J. 

Representing  Major  John  Ross. 
1875.  Mr.  John  Clarke  Sims,     .        .      Broad  St.  Station,  Pa.  R.  R.,  Phila,  Pa. 

Representing  Surgeon  Alexander  Ross. 

1885.  Mr.  Sidney  Augustus  Stevens,      .      Durand  Building,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Representing  Major  John  Burrowes. 

1890.  Colonel  Charles  Seaforth  Stewart,  U.  S.  A.,        .        Cooperstown,  N.  Y. 
Representing  Colonel  Charles  Stewart. 

1896.  Mr.  Richard  Wayne  Stites,  C.E.,          .        .  Morristown,  N.  J. 

Representing  Captain  Richard  Stites. 

1897.  Mr.  George  Fitz  Randolph  Stocker,        .         424  Walnut  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Representing  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel  Anne  Louis  de  Tousard. 

1889.  Mr.  Robert  Newbury  Stockton,         .         2031  Fitzwater  St ,  Phila.,  Pa. 
Representing  Surgeon  Ebenezer  Stockton. 

1895.  Mr.  Ira  Abraham  Stout, Dover,  Tenn. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Abraham  Stout. 

1888.*Brevet  Major  General  William  Scudder  Stryker,  A.M.,       Trenton,  N.  J. 
Representing  Colonel  Nathaniel  Scudder. 

1894.  Mr.  Williamson  Thomas Elizabeth,  N.  J. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Edmund  Disney  Thomas. 

1884.  Rev.  Joseph  Farrand  Tuttle.  D.D.,  LL.D.,        .        Crawfords  rille,  Ind. 

Representing  Ensign  William  Tuttle. 

1874.  Lieutenant  Colonel  Peter  Dumont  Vroom,  U.  S.  A.,       .        Atlanta,  Ga. 
Representing  Brevet  Captain  Jonathan  Rhea. 

1887.  Mr.  William  Henry  Whitlock,       ....        Rising  Sun,  Ind. 

Representing  Brevet  Captain  Ephraim  Lockhart  Whitlock. 

1887.  Rev.  George  Thornton  Wilmer,  D.D.,         .        .        .        Chatham,  Va. 
Representing  Major  Richard  Cox. 

1897.  Mr.  Henry  Applegate  Wilson,       .      574  Madison  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Representing  Captain  Jonathan  Holmes. 

1895.  Mr.  Charles  Hornblower  Woodruff,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  35  Nassau  St.,  N.  Y.City. 

Representing  Major  Ichabod  Burnet. 

*  Honorary  Member,  1876. 


pterafoem 

Elected. 

1893.  Hon.  Charles  Grant  Garrison,  M.D.,         .        .        Merchantville,  N.  J. 

1894.  Hon  Samuel  Howell  Grey,          .          104  Market  Street,  Camden,  N.  J. 
1890.  Brevet  Lieutenant  Colonel  John  Page  Nicholson,  A.M., 

139  South  Seventh  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
1879.  Brevet  Brig  Gen.  Samuel  Duncan  Oliphant,  A.M.,  LL.B.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 

1895.  Hon.  William  Potter,    .        .        .        Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1887.  Lieut.  General  John  McAllister  Schofield,  U.  S.  A.,     Washington,  D.  C. 

1888.  Hon.  William  Joyce  Sewell, Camden,  N.  J. 

1894.  Mr.  Edward  Kutledge  Shubrick, Camden,  N.  J. 

1890.  Hon.  John  Potter  Stockton,  A.M.,  LL.D.,    .        .        Jersey  City,  N.  J. 
1888.  Hon.  Garret  Dorset  Wall  Vroom,  A.M.,        .        .        .    Trenton,  N.  J. 
1894.  Mr.  Edward  Meeker  Wood,      .        .     81  Broad  Street,  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 


©trtgiual  ptemfcevs  of   tfce  ^ocietg  of 
tfte  (Cincinnati  in  the  ^tate  of 
Jersey. 


1.  ABRAHAM  APPLETON, 

2.  JEREMIAH  BALLARD, 

3.  WILLIAM  BARTON, 

4.  JOHN  BISHOP, 

5.  JOHN  BLAIR, 

6.  JOSEPH  BLOOMFIELD, 

7.  ABSALOM  BONHAM, 

8.  JAMES  BONNELL, 

9.  SETH  BOWEN, 

10.  NATHANIEL  BOWMAN, 

11.  DAVID  BREARLEY, 

12.  JOSEPH  BUCK, 

13.  EDEN  BURROWES, 

14.  JOHN  BURROWES, 

15.  SAMUEL  CONN, 

16.  JOHN  CONWAY, 

17.  RICHARD  Cox, 

18.  JOHN  NOBLE  GUMMING, 

19.  EPHRAIM  DARBY, 

20.  ELIAS  DAYTON, 

21.  JONATHAN  DAYTON, 

22.  CYRUS  DE  HART, 

23.  NATHANIEL  DONNELL, 

24.  LEWIS  FORD  DUNHAM, 

25.  EBENEZER  ELMER, 

26.  PETER  FAULKNER, 

27.  CHILION  FORD, 

28.  JONATHAN  FORMAN, 


29.  LUTHER  HALSEY, 

30.  JACOB  HARRIS, 

31.  JAMES  HEARD, 

32.  JOHN  HEARD, 

33.  WILLIAM  HELMS, 

34.  SAMUEL  HENDRY, 

35.  JOHN  HOLMES, 

36.  JONATHAN  HOLMES, 

37.  RICHARD  HOWELL, 

38.  ANDREW  HUNTER, 

39.  JACOB  HYER, 

40.  WILLIAM  KERSEY, 

41.  DERICK  LANE, 

42.  RICHARD  LLOYD, 

43.  FRANCIS  LUCE, 

44.  ABSALOM  MARTIN, 

45.  AARON  OGDEN, 

46.  MATTHIAS  OGDEN, 

47.  BENAJAH  OSMUN, 

48.  JOHN  PECK, 

49.  ROBERT  PEMBERTON, 

50.  WILLIAM  SANDFORD  PEN- 

NINGTON, 

51.  JONATHAN  PHILLIPS, 

52.  WILLIAM  PIATT, 

53.  SAMUEL  READING, 

54.  JOHN  REED, 

55.  JOHN  REED, 


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56. 

JOHN  REUOASTLE, 

66.  MOSES  SPROWL, 

57. 

JONATHAN  RHEA, 

67.  ABRAHAM  STOUT, 

58. 

JOHN  Ross, 

68.  WESSEL  TEN  BROECK  STOUT, 

59. 

CORNELIUS  RIKER  SEDAM, 

69.  EDMUND  DISNEY  THOMAS, 

60. 

SAMUEL  SEELEY, 

70.  WILLIAM  TUTTLE, 

61. 

ISRAEL  SHREVE, 

71.  GEORGE  WALKER, 

62. 

SAMUEL   MOORE  SHUTE, 

72.  ABEL  WEYMAN, 

63. 

WILLIAM  SHUTE, 

73.  EPHRAIM  LOCKHART  WHIT- 

64. 

JONATHAN  SNOWDEN, 

LOCK. 

65. 

OLIVER  SPENCER, 

Joined  the  Society  After  Its  Organization,  but  Always 

Considered  Original  Members. 

74. 

JAMES  ANDERSON, 

Admitted  July  4,  1787. 

75. 

JAMES  FRANCIS  ARMSTRONG,        .             "         July  4,  1789. 

76. 

DANIEL  BALDWIN, 

July  4,  1788. 

77. 

JOHN  BEATTY, 

July  4,  1787. 

78. 

ALMARIN  BROOKS, 

July  4,  1787. 

79. 

WILLIAM  SUBNET, 

July  4,  1789. 

80. 

GEORGE  WALKER  CAMPBELL,          .                   July  4,  1786. 

81. 

JABEZ  CAMPFIELD, 

July  4,  1787. 

82. 

ELI  ELMER, 

July  4,  1787. 

83. 

MAIILON  FORD, 

July5,  1793. 

84. 

DAVID  FORMAN,     . 

July  4,  1787. 

85. 

JAMES  GILES, 

July  4,  1789. 

86. 

JOHN  HOLLINSHEAD, 

July  4,  1787. 

87. 

JOHN  HOPPER, 

July  4,  1787. 

88. 

JOHN  Ho  WELL, 

July  5,  1785. 

89. 

JOHN  KINNEY, 

July  4,  1791. 

90. 

SHEPARD  KOLLOCK, 

"         July  4,  1791. 

91. 

GILES  MEAD, 

July  4,  1787. 

92. 

JACOB  PIATT, 

July  5,  1785. 

93. 

ANTHONY  RECKLESS, 

"         July  4,  1787. 

94. 

EBENEZER  STOCKTON,     . 

July  4,  1789. 

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Dropped  from  the  Bolls. 

1.  JEREMIAH  BRUEX,         .         .         .         July  4,  1806. 

2.  ABRAHAM  KIXNEY,  .         .         .     July  4,  1810. 

3.  NATHANIEL  LEONARD,  .         .         July  5,  1799. 

4.  ALEXANDER  MITCHELL,  .         .         .     September  23,  1783. 

5.  JOHN  POLHEMUS,          .         .         .         July  4,  1793. 


ROLL 

Of  Original  and  Hereditary  Members  and 
Honorary  Members 


SOCIETY    OF    THE    CINCINNATI 

IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  JERSEY. 


and 

LIEUTENANT   JAMES   ANDERSON; 

born  1750  near  Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey;  admitted  July  4,  1787;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Hazen's  Regiment,  Second  Canadian,  Continental  Armyr 
April  8,  1777  ;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Schuyler,  New 
York,  August  22, 1777 ;  exchanged  December  22,  1780; 
Captain,  First  Regiment,  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey, 
Militia  ;  died  in  1825. 

AUSTIN  ANDERSON — son ; 

admitted  July  4,  1826  ;  died, . 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   ABRAHAM   APPLETON ; 

Surgeon's  Mate,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,. 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  21,  1775 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Captain  Thomas  Yard's  Company, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  5, 
1777  ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  1,  1778  ;  Lieu- 
tenant, Second  Regiment,  July  5, 1779  ;  Brevet  Captain, 
September  30,  1783  ;  honorably  discharged  November 
•  3,  1783  ;  died  in  1808. 

D 


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CHAPLAIN   JAMES   FRANCIS   ARMSTRONG; 

born  at  West  Nottingham,  Maryland,  April  3,  1750  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1789  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1773  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1776  ;  Private,  Captain  Peter  Gordon's  Company, 
First  Regiment,  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  June  14,  1776  ;  Chaplain,  Hazen's  Regiment, 
Second  Canadian,  Continental  Army,  November  3, 
1776 ;  Chaplain,  Major-General  Sullivan's  Division, 
December  2,  1777  ;  Chaplain,  Second  Maryland  Bri- 
gade, Continental  Army,  July  17,  1778 ;  Trustee  of 
Princeton  College,  1790  to  1816 ;  Secretary  of  the 
Society,  1790  to  1797;  died  January  19,  1816,  at 
Trenton,  New  Jersey. 

ROBERT  LIVINGSTON  ARMSTRONG — son; 

born  December  6,  1784,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1816  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1802 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1805  ;  Captain  in  Lieutenant-Colonel  HowelPs 
Regiment,  New  Jersey  Militia,  War  of  1812  ;  Assistant 
Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1826  to  1829  ;  Treasurer,  1829 
to  1833  ;  died  September  22,  1838,  at  Trenton,  New 
Jersey. 

JAMES  FRANCIS  ARMSTRONG — -grandson  ; 

born  November  20,  1817,  at  Woodbury,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1839 ;  Midshipman,  United  States 
Navy,  March  7,  1832 ;  Past  Midshipman,  June  23, 
1838 ;  Lieutenant,  December  8,  1842 ;  Commander, 
June  8,  1861 ;  commanded  United  States  Steamer 
"Sumter,"  1861;  commanded  United  States  Steamer 
"State  of  Georgia,"  North  Atlantic  Blockading 
Squadron,  1862  to  1864  ;  bombardment  of  Fort  Macon, 
April  25,  1862  ;  commanded  United  States  Steamer 
"San  Jacinto,"  East  Gulf  Blockading  Squadron,  1864  ; 


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commanded  Pensacola  Navy-yard,  1865 ;  Captain, 
retired  list,  April  4,  1867  ;  Captain,  active  list,  to  date 
September  27,  1866  ;  transferred  to  retired  list,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1872 ;  died  April  19,  1873,  at  New  Haven, 
Connecticut. 

OGDEN  ARMSTRONG — great-grandson ; 

born  July  4,  1855,  at  Woodbury,  New  Jersey;  admitted 
July  4,  1876. 


CAPTAIN   DANIEL   BALDWIN; 

admitted  July  4,  1788 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain 
Joseph  Morris'  Company,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  8, 
1775;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29,  1776  ;  severely  wounded  and  lost  a  leg 
at  the  battle  of  Germantown,  October  4,  1777  ;  honor- 
ably discharged,  March  1,  1779  ;  died  in  1816. 

CHARLES  HENRY  BALDWIN — grandson  ; 

born  September  3,  1822,  in  New  York  City  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1877  ;  Midshipman,  United  States  Navy,  April 
24,  1839 ;  Past  Midshipman,  July  2,  1845 ;  Master, 
January  17,  1853 ;  Lieutenant,  December  2,  1853 ; 
resigned  February  28,  1854 ;  Acting  Lieutenant, 
United  States  Navy,  December  27,  1861 ;  commanded 
steamer  "  Clifton,"  of  the  Mortar  Flotilla,  at  the  passage 
of  Forts  St.  Philip  and  Jackson  by  Farragut's  fleet, 
April  24,  1862,  and  at  the  attack  on  Vicksburg,  June 
28,  1862  ;  Commander,  November  18,  1862  ;  Captain, 
June  12,  1869 ;  Commodore,  August  8,  1876  ;  Rear- 
Admiral,  January  31,  1883 ;  died  November  17,  1888, 
in  New  York  City. 

CHARLES  ADOLPHE  BALDWIN — great-grandson; 

admitted  July  4,  1889 ;  was  graduated  from  Harvard 
College,  1882. 


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CAPTAIN   JEREMIAH    BALLARD ; 

born  September,  1748 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain- 
Thomas  Reading's  Company,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1776 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  John 
Doughty's  Company,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, November  29,  1776  ;  Captain,  ditto,  October  26, 
1777  ;  Captain,  Third  Regiment,  September  23,  1780  ; 
transferred  as  a  Captain  to  Second  Regiment,  January 
1,  1781,  and  served  until  April,  1783 ;  Vice  President 
of  the  Society,  1822  to  1823  ;  Recorder  of  Elizabeth- 
town,  1796 ;  Mayor,  ditto,  1823 ;  died  September  4, 
1823,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  WILMOT  BALLARD — nephew; 

bom  April  11,  1819,  in  Genoa,  Cayuga  County,  New 
York  ;  admitted  July  4,  1876  ;  Postmaster,  Lawrence- 
ville,  Tioga  County,  Pennsylvania,  1848  to  1852. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL    COMMANDANT    FRANCIS 
BARBER ; 

born  December  26,  1750,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey ; 
died  before  the  organization  of  the  Society ;  was 
graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1767 ;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1770  ;  Major,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  February  9,  1776  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28, 

1776  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Third  Regiment,  January  1, 

1777  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandant,  Third  Regi- 
ment, January  6,  1783  ;  Sub-Inspector-General,  Staff  of 
General  Steuben,  April  1,  1778  ;  Deputy  Adjutant-Gen- 
eral, Staff  of  General  Greene  ;  Adjutant-General,  Staff  of 


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General  Lord  Stirling;  Adjutant-General,  Staff  of  Gen- 
eral Sullivan  ;  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Mon- 
mouth,  June  27,  1778 ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Newtown,  August  29,  1779  ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Springfield,  June  23,  1780  ;  wounded  at  the  siege  of 
Yorktown,  October  14,  1781  ;  accidentally  killed, 
February  11,  1783,  by  a  falling  tree,  in  camp  at  New 
Windsor,  New  York. 

GEOKGE  CLINTON  BARBER — son; 

born  December  27, 1778,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1 800  ;  was  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton College,  1796  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1800  ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1811  to  1828 ; 
died  October  29,  1828,  at  Elizabeth,. New  Jersey. 

FRANCIS  BARBER — grandson; 

born  December  10,  1810,  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1832  ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1852 
to  1857 ;  died  May  14,  1887,  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  PANCOAST  BARBER — great-grandson; 

born  October  11,  1844,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1887 ;  Assistant  Secretary  of  the 
Society,  1891  to  1894. 


SURGEON   WILLIAM   MESSENGER   BARNET; 

born  in  1725  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey ;  Surgeon, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  December  8,  1775;  Surgeon,  First  Bat- 
talion, Second  Establishment,  November  28,  1776 ; 
Surgeon  First  Regiment ;  Surgeon,  General  Hospital, 
Continental  Army,  May,  1778,  and  served  to  June, 
1782  ;  died  in  1790. 

ISAAC  COXE  BARNET — son; 

born  in  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4, 
1822;  Consul  at  Brest,  France,  February  20,  1797; 


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Consul  at  Paris,  France,  April  26,  1816  ;  died  March 

8,  1883. 

ULRIC  DAHLGREN — great-great-great-grandnephew ; 

born  December  27,  1870,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1898  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1894 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
University,  1897 ;  Instructor  of  Biology,  Princeton 
University,  1897. 

CAPTAIN   WILLIAM   BARTON; 

Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28,  1776 ;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Captain  Abraham  Lyon's  Company,  ditto, 
February  17,  1777  ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  November 
1,  1777  ;  transferred  to  First  Regiment,  June  1,  1778  ; 
Quartermaster,  ditto,  to  date  March  11,  1780  ;  Captain, 
ditto,  December  27,  1781,  and  served  to  April,  1783; 
died  April,  1802. 

GILBERT  BARTON — son; 

admitted  July  4,  1806  ;  died  in  1812. 

JOSEPH  L.  BARTON — son; 

admitted  July  4,  1812  ;  died . 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   ERKURIES   BEATTY ; 

born  October  9,  1759,  at  Neshaminy,  Pennsylvania ; 
an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania  ;  transferred  from 
the  Pennsylvania  Society,  July  3,  1794  ;  Private  and 
Sergeant,  Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops ; 
Ensign,  Fourth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental 
Line,  January  2,  1777 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth 
Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental  Line,  May  2, 
1777;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  June  2,  1778;  Regi- 
mental Paymaster,  June  1,  1779,  to  May  17,  1780 ; 
Regimental  Adjutant,  ditto  ;  transferred  to  Third  Regi- 
ment, Pennsylvania  Continental  Line,  January  1,  1783  ; 


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Regimental  Paymaster,  May  22,  1783,  to  November  3, 
1783,  when  regiment  was  disbanded ;  Brevet  Captain, 
September  30,  1783 ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  German- 
town,  October  4,  1777  ;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment, 
United  States  Infantry,  August  12,  1784;  Captain, 
ditto,  September  29,  1789 ;  Regimental  Paymaster, 
June  5,  1790 ;  Major,  ditto,  March  5,  1792  ;  resigned, 
November  27,  1792 ;  Inspector-General,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  in  1812 ;  Mayor  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
1818  to  1823 ;  member  of  the  New  Jersey  Senate 
and  of  the  House  of  Assembly ;  Colonel,  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey,  Militia  ;  Treasurer  of  the  Society, 
1811  to  1823;  died  February  3,  1823,  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey. 

CHARLES  CLINTON  BEATTY — son  ; 

born  January  4,  1800,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1823  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1818  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1821 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  Washington  Col- 
lege, Pennsylvania ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Wash- 
ington College  ;  Chaplain  of  the  Society,  1867  to  1871  ; 
Chaplain  of  General  Society,  1863  to  1866  ;  Vice  Presi- 
dent, ditto,  1871  to  1882 ;  died  October  30,  1882,  at 
Steubenville,  Ohio. 

CHARLES  CLINTON  BEATTY — great-grandnephew  ; 

born  April  25,  1861,  near  Doylestown,  Bucks  County, 
Pennsylvania  ;  admitted  July  4,  1883. 


COLONEL   JOHN   BEATTY; 

born  December  10,  1749,  at  Hartsville,  Pennsylvania ; 
was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1769  ;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  1772 ;  Captain,  Fifth  Pennsylvania 
Battalion,  Continental  Line,  January  5,  .1776  ;  Major, 
Sixth  Pennsylvania,  Continental  Line,  October  12, 


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1776  ;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Washington,  November 
16,  1776  ;  Commissary-General  of  Prisoners,  with  the 
rank  of  Colonel,  Continental  Army,  May  28,  1778  ; 
resigned  March  31,  1780  ;  Delegate  to  the  Continental 
Congress,  1783  to  1785  ;  member  of  State  Convention, 
1787  ;  member  of  Congress  from  New  Jersey,  1793 
to  1795  ;  Secretary  of  State  of  New  Jersey,  1795  to 
1805 ;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1785  to  1802  ; 
Brigadier-General,  Somerset  County,  New  Jersey, 
Militia  ;  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1823  to  1826  ;  died 
May  30,  1826,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 

RICHARD  LONGSTREET  BEATTY — son; 

born  February  11,  1779,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1826  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1797  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1800 ;  member  of  the  New  Jersey  House  of 
Assembly,  1821,  1823,  1824 ;  Judge  of  the  Court  of 
Burlington  County,  New  Jersey ;  died  July  22,  1846, 
at  Allentown,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  IMLAY  BEATTY — grandson  ; 

born  March  16, 1806,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  5,  1847 ;  died  November  30,  1885,  at  Allentown, 
New  Jersey. 

DAVID  BEATTY  IDELL — great-great-grandson; 

born  February  9,  1852,  at  Allentown,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  5,  1886. 


SURGEON   DANIEL  DE  BENNEVILLE ; 

born  November  12,  1753,  at  Oley,  Berks  County,  Penn- 
sylvania ;  Surgeon,  Colonel  William  Russell's  Thir- 
teenth Regiment,  Virginia  Continental  Line,  1777  to 
1781 ;  died  in  1828,  at  Branchtown,  Philadelphia 
County,  Pennsylvania. 


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JAMES  SEGUIN  DE  BENNEVILLE — great-grandnephew ; 

born  April  12,  1867,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1889 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1888. 


ENSIGN   JOHN   BISHOP; 

Sergeant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  1776 ;  Ensign,  ditto,  Feb- 
ruary 1,  1779 ;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  ditto ;  dis- 
charged at  the  close  of  the  war. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  JOHN  BLAIR; 

Ensign,  Salem  County,  New  Jersey,  Militia ;  Ensign, 
Colonel  Silas  Newcomb's  Battalion,  General  Nathaniel 
Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  June  14, 
1776 ;  Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  May  1,  1777;  First 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  1,  1779  ;  Lieutenant, 
Third  Regiment,  ditto ;  Regimental  Adjutant,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1780  ;  transferred  to  First  Regiment,  January  1, 
1781,  and  served  to  April,  1783  ;  Brevet  Captain,  Con- 
tinental Army. 


MAJOR  JOSEPH  BLOOMFIELD; 

born  October  18,  1753,  at  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey ; 
attorney-at-law  of  New  Jersey,  1775  ;  Captain,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line,  February  9,  1776 ;  Judge-Advocate  General, 
Northern  Army,  November,  17,  1776 ;  Major,  Third 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  28,  1776 ; 


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wounded  at  the  battle  of  Brandy  wine,  September  11, 
1777  ;  resigned  October  29,  1778  ;  Attorney-General  of 
New  Jersey,  1783  to  1792 ;  Mayor  of  Burlington ; 
Presidential  Elector,  1793 ;  Brigadier-General,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  June  5, 1793  ;  Governor  and  Chancellor 
of  New  Jersey,  1801,  and  from  1803  to  1812;  Briga- 
dier-General, United  States  Army.  March  27,  1812 ; 
honorably  discharged  November  15,  1815  ;  Member  of 
Congress  from  New  Jersey,  1817  to  1821  ;  Trustee  of 
Princeton  College,  1793  to  1801,  and  from  1819  to 
1823 ;  Vice  President  of  the  Society,  1793  to  1808  ; 
President,  1808  to  1823  ;  died  October  3,  1823,  at  Bur- 
lington, New  Jersey. 

JOSEPH  ELLIS  BLOOMFIELD — nephew; 

born  December  16,  1787,  at  Haddonfield,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1825  ;  Acting  American  Consul  at 
Cadiz,  Spain,  1817  and  1818  ;  died  June  29,  1872,  at 
Oswego,  New  York. 

WILLIAM  RUSSEL  BLOOMFIELD — grandnephew ; 

born  October  26,  1833,  at  Utica,  New  York  ;  admitted 
July  5,  1875 ;  Corporal,  Company  D,  Twenty-fourth 
Regiment,  Wisconsin  Volunteers. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  ABSALOM  BONHAM; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  1, 
1777;  transferred  to  First  Battalion  ;  First  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  March  27,  1780  ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  First  Regi- 
ment, and  served  to  April,  1783  ;  Brevet  Captain,  Con- 
tinental Army. 


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CAPTAIN   JAMES   BONNELL; 

Captain,  First  Regiment,  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey, 
Militia  ;  Captain,  Major  Samuel  Hayes'  Battalion,  New 
Jersey  State  Troops ;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  New 
York  Continental  Line,  February  26,  1776,  to  Decem- 
ber, 1776 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Spencer's  Regiment, 
Continental  Army,  February  1,  1777  ;  First  Lieutenant, 
ditto,  January  1,  1778 ;  Adjutant,  September  1,  1778  ; 
Captain,  ditto,  April  24,  1779  ;  retired  January  1,  1781 ; 
died  in  1814,  at  Bottle  Hill,  near  Morristown,  New 
Jersey. 

JOHN  LA  FARGE  BONNELL — grandson; 

born  November  24,  1820,  in  Sussex  County,  New  Jer- 
sey;  admitted  July  5,  1886;  died  May  20,  1891,  at 
Port  Jervis,  New  York. 

THOMAS  JEFFERSON  BONNELL — grandson; 

born  May  2,  1838,  in  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1891 ;  Member  of  Board  of  Education 
of  Port  Jervis,  Orange  County,  New  York. 


CAPTAIN-LIEUTENANT   SETH   BO  WEN  ; 

born  July  21,  1748,  in  Cumberland  County,  New 
Jersey ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1775 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  29,  1776;  resigned 
January,  1777 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Samuel 
Hugg's  Western  Company  of  Artillery,  New  Jersey 
State  Troops ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto ;  resigned 
October  20,  1778 ;  also  Quartermaster  in  Quarter- 
master-General's Department;  died  August  31,  1815, 
at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey. 


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HERMAN  BURGIN — great-great-grandson ; 

born  May  24,  1850,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1873  ;  was  graduated  from  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  1871 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  1874 ;  Assistant  Treasurer  of 
the  Society,  1875  to  1881;  Treasurer,  1881  to  1892; 
Assistant  Treasurer-General,  1881 ;  resigned  July  4, 
1892. 


MAJOR   NATHANIEL   BOWMAN; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  13, 
1775;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  May  10,  1776;  First 
Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29,  1776 ;  Captain,  ditto,  September  11, 
1777  ;  Captain,  Second  Regiment,  September  26,  1780; 
Major  by  brevet ;  Major,  Third  Regiment,  February 
11,  1783,  and  served  to  April,  1783  ;  died  in  1788. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL   DAVID   BREARLEY ; 

born  June  11,  1745;  Member  of  State  Convention, 
1776  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Van  Cortland's  Battalion, 
Heard's  Brigade,  June  14,  1776 ;  Colonel,  Second 
Regiment,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey  Militia; 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1776  ;  resigned  August  4,  1779  ;  elected  Chief  Justice 
of  the  State,  June  10,  1779  ;  Member  of  the  Federal 
and  State  Conventions  of  1787  ;  honorary  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1781 ;  Presidential 
Elector,  1788  ;  United  States  Judge  for  the  District  of 
New  Jersey,  1789;  Vice  President  of  the  Society,  1783 
to  1790;  died  August  16,  1790,  at  Trenton,  New 
Jersey. 


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DAVID  HIGBEE  BREARLEY — son; 

born  November  3,  1786  ;  admitted  July  4,  1809  ;  died 
November  8,  1820,  at  Blakely,  Alabama. 

CHARLES  BREARLEY  HOPKINS — great-grandson ; 

born  February  14,  1841,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York ; 
admitted  July  4,  1885  ;  Private,  Company  B,  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fiftieth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteers. 


ENSIGN   ALMARIN   BROOKS; 

born  September  7,  1756,  in  Cumberland  County,  New 
Jersey ;  Private,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  1775  ;  Sergeant, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February  9, 
1777 ;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  May  17,  1780,  and 
served  to  November  3,  1783 ;  was  wounded  at  Short 
Hills  and  at  Germantown ;  Major,  First  Regiment, 
Detailed  Militia,  in  the  Pennsylvania  Insurrection  of 
1794 ;  Captain,  Eleventh  United  States  Infantry,  1799 
to  1800  ;  died  January  25,  1824,  at  Bridgeton,  New 
Jersey. 

ALMARIN  BROOKS  PAUL — grandson; 

born  September  13,  1823,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  5,  1880. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   JOSEPH   BUCK; 

born  May  1,  1758,  at  Fairton,  Cumberland  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  Sergeant,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Es- 
tablishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  February, 
1777  ;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  February  1,  1779 ; 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  1,  1781 ;  retained  in  New 


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Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  discharged  at  the 
close  of  the  war  ;  Brevet  Captain  ;  Sheriff  of  Cumber- 
land County,  New  Jersey,  1787  to  1790  ;  died  May  15, 
1803,  at  Millville,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  BUCK — son; 

born  April  1,  1784,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey ;  admit- 
ted July  4,  1809  ;  died  February  6, 1842,  at  Bridgeton, 
New  Jersey. 

JOHN  BUCK — grandson; 

born  in  1822,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1845  ;  died  January,  1855,  in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

WILLIAM  BOWEN  BUCK — grandson; 

born  March  19,  1827,  in  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1856 ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1857  to 
1867  ;  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1869  to  1875  ;  Vice 
President  of  the  Society,  1883. 


SURGEON-GENERAL  WILLIAM   BURNET ; 

born  December  30,  1730,  at  Lyons  Farms,  Essex 
County,  New  Jersey ;  admitted  July  4,  1789 ;  was 
graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1749 ;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1752  ;  Chairman  of 
the  Newark,  New  Jersey,  Committee  of  Safety,  1775  ; 
Chairman  of  the  Essex  County,  New  Jersey,  Committee 
of  Safety,  1776  ;  Member  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
1776 ;  Physician  and  Surgeon-General,  Eastern  De- 
partment, Continental  Army,  April  11,  1777  ;  Hospital 
Physician  and  Surgeon,  ditto,  October  6,  1780  ;  Chief 
Physician  and  Hospital  Surgeon,  ditto,  March  5,  1781, 
and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war ;  Member  of  the 
Continental  Congress,  1780  to  1781  ;  died  October  7, 
1791,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 


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JACOB  BURNET — son; 

born  February  22,  1 770,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  an  Honorary  Member  of  the  Society  July  4, 
1806 ;  admitted  to  hereditary  membership  July  4, 
1808  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1791  ;  de- 
gree of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1794  ;  Member 
of  the  Legislative  Council  of  Ohio,  1789  to  1803  ;  Mem- 
ber of  the  Legislature  of  Ohio,  1812  to  1821 ;  Judge  of 
the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio,  1821  to  1828  ;  United  States 
Senator,  1828  to  1831 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws, 
Princeton  College,  1848 ;  died  May  10,  1853,  at  Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio. 

WILLIAM  HENRY  HORNBLOWER — great-grandson; 

born  March  21,  1820,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4, 1870  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1838  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1841 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  Rutgers  College, 
1860  ;  Professor  of  Sacred  Rhetoric  and  Pastoral  Theol- 
ogy, Western  Theological  Seminary,  Allegheny,  Penn- 
sylvania, 1871 ;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1864  to 
1871;  Chaplain  of  the  Society,  1882  to  3883;  died 
July  16,  1883,  at  Allegheny,  Pennsylvania. 

ROBERT  WALLACE  BURNET — grandson; 

born  July  20,  1808,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio ;  admitted 
July  4,  1884  ;  was  graduated  from  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  1829 ;  Brevet  Second  Lieutenant  United 
States  Infantry,  July  1,  1829  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  July 
1,  1829  ;  resigned  from  the  service  March  31,  1833. 


MAJOR  ICHABOD  BURNET; 

born  May  17,  1756,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  an  origi- 
nal Member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State 
of  Georgia ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 


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1775  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1778  ; 
Secretary  of  the  Essex  County,  New  Jersey,  Committee 
of  Safety,  1776  ;  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major- 
General  Greene,  Continental  Army,  January  9,  1778, 
and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war ;  died  September  12, 
1783,  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina. 

WILLIAM  BURNET,  JR. — brother ; 

born  November  4,  1754,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey : 
admitted  July  4,  1791 ;  Surgeon,  Second  Regiment, 
Essex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  February  17,  1776  ; 
Surgeon,  General  Hospital,  Continental  Army ;  died 
September  8,  1799,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

JOSEPH  ALLING  BURNET — nephew; 

born  October  11,  1780,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1806 ;  died  July  15,  1844,  at  Newark. 
New  Jersey. 

CHARLES  WILLIAMSON  HORNBLOWER — grandnephew ; 

born  October  14,  1812,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1869  ;  died  June  16,  1894,  at  German- 
town,  Pennsylvania. 

CHARLES  HORNBLOWER  WOODRUFF — great-grandnephew ; 
born  October  1,  1836,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted February  22,  1895  ;  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College,  1858  ;  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  Columbia 
College,  1861 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  College, 
1865. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   EDEN   BURROWES ; 

Sergeant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  December,  1776  ;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  March, 
1777  ;  First  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  January  4, 


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1778 ;  retained  in  the  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April, 
1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783 ;  Brevet  Captain; 
died  February  26, 1825,  in  Northampton  County,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

CASSIUS  BURROWES — son; 

admitted  July  4,  1828  ;  died . 


MAJOR   JOHN   BURROWES; 

Captain,  Forman's  Regiment,  Continental  Army,  1776; 
transferred  to  Spencer's  Regiment,  Continental  Army, 
April  22,  1779 ;  Major,  ditto,  July  22,  1779 ;  retired 
January  1,  1781  ;  Sheriff  of  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey. 

SIDNEY  AUGUSTUS  STEVENS — great-grandson  ; 

born  June  22,  1832  ;  admitted  July  4,  1885. 


COLONEL   LAMBERT   CADWALADER; 

bom  in  1743,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  Third  Pennsylvania  Battalion,  Continental 
Line,  January  4,  1776 ;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Wash- 
ington, November  16, 1776  ;  Colonel,  Fourth  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Continental  Line,  to  rank  from  October 
25,  1776,  but  was  a  prisoner  of  war  on  parole  until  he 
resigned,  January  22,  1779;  Member  of  Continental 
Congress,  1784  to  1787,  and  Congress  of  the  United 
States,  1789  to  1791,  and  1793  to  1795;  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1823,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  LAMBERT  CADWALADER — grandson; 

born    November  17,   1836,  at  Trenton,   New  Jersey  ; 

elected  an   Honorary  Member  of  the  Society  July  4,. 

.1874;    admitted   to   hereditary  membership   July  4,. 


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1885  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1856  ; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1859  ; 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  Harvard  University, 
1860  ;  First  Assistant  Secretary  of  State  of  the  United 
States,  July  1,  1874,  to  1877  ;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws,  Princeton  University,  1897. 


.SURGEON  GEORGE  WALKER  CAMPBELL; 

born  January  7,  1747,  at  Freehold,  New  Jersey  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1786  ;  Hospital  Surgeon's  Mate,  April 
11,  1777,  to  June  20,  1780;  Hospital  Physician  and 
Surgeon,  Continental  Army,  September  20,  3781,  and 
•served  to  the  close  of  the  war ;  died  September  22, 
1798,  at  Woodbury,  New  Jersey. 

JAMES  WALL  SCHUREMAN  CAMPBELL — great-grandnephew  ; 
born  April  23,  1854,  at  Freehold,  New  Jersey  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1885  ;  President  of  the  Board  of  Educa- 
tion of  the  Town  of  Freehold,  New  Jersey,  1895 ; 
Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1891  to  1892; 
Treasurer,  1893. 


SURGEON  JABEZ  CAMPFIELD  ; 

born  December  24,  1737,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey  ;  was 
graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1759;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1762  ;  Surgeon,  Spen- 
cer's Regiment,  Continental  Army,  January  1,  1777  ; 
retired  January  1,  1781  ;  Surgeon,  Second  Regiment, 
Continental  Light  Dragoons,  August  17,  1781 ;  Senior 
Surgeon,  Hospital  Department,  Continental  Army  ; 
honorably  discharged  November  3,  1783  ;  Surrogate, 
Morris  County,  New  Jersey,  1784  to  1804  ;  died  May 
21,  1821,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey. 


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WILLIAM  CAMPFIELD — son  ; 

admitted  July  4,  1823  ;  Captain,  Morris  County,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  1781;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1784 ;  Sheriff  of  Morris  County,  New  Jersey, 
1796  to  1799 ;  Member  of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey, 
1 799 ;  Major,  Morris  County  Squadron  of  Cavalry, 
New  Jersey  Militia,  October  30,*  1799 ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel,  ditto,  December  2,  1807;  died  July  16,  1824. 

CHARLES  HENRY  CAMPFIELD — great-grandson; 

born  June  23,  1836,  at  Savannah,  Georgia ;  admitted 
July  4,  1885. 


CAPTAIN  JACOB  CHEESMAN ; 

born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ;  died  before  the 
organization  of  the  Society ;  Captain,  Second  Com- 
pany, First  Regiment,  New  York  Continental  Line, 
June  28,  1775 ;  Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major- 
General  Richard  Montgomery,  and  killed  simultane- 
ously with  that  officer  at  the  storming  of  Quebec, 
December  31,  1775. 

TIMOTHY  MATLACK  CHEESMAX — grandnephew; 

born  October  27,  1824,  in  New  York  City  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1877  ;  graduate  in  Medicine,  1856 ;  Surgeon, 
Seventh  Regiment,  National  Guard,  State  of  New  York, 
1853  ;  mustered  into  the  United  States  Service,  April, 
1861 ;  Surgeon,  with  rank  of  Colonel,  Staff  First  Divi- 
sion, National  Guard,  State  of  New  York,  1874  ;  died 
July  5,  1888,  at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut. 

TIMOTHY  MATLACK  CHEESMAX — great-grandnephew  ; 

born  January  29,  1853,  in  New  York  City ;  admitted 
July  4,  1889 ;  was  graduated  from  Columbia  College, 
1874  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Columbia  College,  1877  ; 
graduate  in  Medicine,  1878 ;  Instructor  in  Bacteriol- 
ogy, College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  Columbia 
University,  New  York  City. 


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DEPUTY   MUSTER-MASTER   JOSEPH  CLARK; 

Quartermaster,  Staff  of  Major-General  Adam  Stephen, 
Continental  Army,  February  19,  1777,  to  July  8,  J777; 
Deputy  Muster-Master,  Continental  Army,  by  appoint- 
ment of  General  Washington  and  assigned  to  Major- 
General  Lafayette's  Division,  Continental  Army,  July 
8,  1777,  to  December,  1779 ;  died  in  1813. 

FLAVEL  Me  GEE — great-grandson ; 

born  April  6,  1844,  at  Frelinghuysen,  Warren  County, 
New  Jersey ;  admitted  July  4, 1888 ;  was  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  1 865  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1868. 


CAPTAIN   ABRAHAM   GEORGE   CLAYPOOLE ; 

an  original  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Society ;  trans- 
ferred July  4,  1789 ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  Patton's 
Regiment,  Continental  Army,  February  1,  1777 ; 
Captain,  ditto,  June  10,  1778  ;  transferred  as  Captain 
to  the  Eleventh  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental 
Line,  December  16,  1778 ;  again  transferred  as  Captain, 
Third  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental  Line, 
January  17,  1781  ;  retired  January  1,  1783. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   SAMUEL   CONN; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  February  17,  1777 ; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  12,  1777 ;  trans- 
ferred to  the  Second  Regiment,  July  1,  1778  ;  retained 
in  the  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783 ;  Brevet 
Captain,  September  30,  1783  ;  in  service  until  Novem- 
ber 3,  1783  ;  died  in  1788. 


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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  JOHN  CONWAY; 

born  January  23,  1742,  at  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey  ; 
Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  21,  1775  ;  Captain, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29, 
1776  ;  Major,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
October  29,  1777  ;  transferred  to  Third  Regiment, 
October  29,  1778  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  First  Regiment, 
July  5,  1779  ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Germantown, 
October  4,  1777  ;  retired  January  1,  1781  ;  Sheriff  of 
Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey ;  •  died  December  6, 
1802,  in  New  York  City. 

CONWAY  HILLYER  ARNOLD — great-grandson; 

born  November  14, 1848,  in  New  York  City  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1881  ;  Acting  Midshipman,  United  States 
Navy,  September  30,  1863  ;  was  graduated  from  the 
Naval  Academy,  June  6,  1867  ;  Ensign,  United  States 
Navy,  December  18,  1868  ;  Master,  March  21,  1870  ; 
Lieutenant,  June  22,  1871  ;  Lieutenant-Commander, 
January  10,  1892. 


MAJOR  RICHARD  COX; 

born  January  3,  1755  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Captain 
John  Ross'  Company,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  February  9,  1776  ; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  29,  1776  ;  First  Lieu- 
tenant, same  company  and  battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, November  29,  1776  ;  Captain,  ditto,  January 
1, 1777  ;  transferred  as  Captain  to  the  Third  Regiment, 
September  23,  1780 ;  transferred  as  Captain  to  the 
First  Regiment ;  Brigade  Major  to  Brigadier-General 
William  Maxwell ;  Major,  Second  Regiment,  January 
•6,  1783  ;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April, 


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1783  ;  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  November, 
1783;  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1783  to  1811;  died 
March  9,  1816,  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  ROSSELL  ALLEN — great-grandson  ; 

bom  December  29,  1828  ;  admitted  July  4,  1862  ;  died 
January  27,  1872. 

GEORGE  THORNTON  WILMER — grandson; 

born  May  8,  1819,  in  Alexandria,  District  of  Columbia ; 
admitted  July  4,  1887  ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity, 
College  of  William  and  Mary,  July,  1860  ;  Professor 
of  Moral  Philosophy  and  Belles  Lettres,  College  of 
William  and  Mary,  Virginia  ;  Professor  of  Metaphysics 
and  English  Literature,  University  of  the  South, 
Sewanee,  Tennessee. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  COMMANDANT    JOHN 

NOBLE   GUMMING; 

born  January  19,  1752,  in  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1774  ;. 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1777 ; 
First  Lieutenant,  Captain  Richard  HowelPs  Company, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey 
Continental  Line,  November  29,  1775  ;  First  Lieuten- 
ant, Captain  James  Lawrie's  Company,  Second  Bat- 
talion, Second  Establishment,  November  29,  1776 ; 
Captain,  ditto,  to  date  November  30,  1776  ;  transferred 
as  Captain  to  Second  Regiment ;  Major,  First  Regi- 
ment, April  16,  1780 ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Second 
Regiment,  December  29,  1781  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Commandant,  Third  Regiment,  February  11,  1783;. 
retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and 
served  to  November  13,  1783  ;  Major-General  of  the 
Second  Division  of  New  Jersey  Militia  ;  Vice  President 
of  the  Society,  1808  to  1821 ;  died  July  6,  1821,  at 
Newark,  New  Jersey. 


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ROBERT  HEDDEX  GUMMING — son  ; 

born  February  24,  1783,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1823 ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1833 
to  1850 ;  died  July  6,  1853,  at  Bloomfield,  Essex 
County,  New  Jersey. 

ALEXANDER  Me  WHORTER  GUMMING — son ; 

born  July  23,  1802,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1856 ;  Captain  of  Newark  Troop  of  Cavalry, 
1832  ;  Major,  First  New  Jersey  Cavalry  Volunteers, 
February  20,  1862  ;  resigned  July  30,  1862  ;  Captain 
and  Assistant  Quartermaster,  United  States  Volunteers, 
April  18,  1863  ;  Brevet  Major,  March  13,  1865,  for 
faithful  and  meritorious  services  during  the  war ; 
mustered  out.  May  31,  1866 ;  Clerk  of  the  New  Jersey 
House  of  Assembly,  1847  to  1850,  and  1871 ;  Mayor 
of  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  1837  to  1839,  1841,  1843  to 
1844,  1858  to  1859  ;  died  July  16,  1879,  at  Princeton, 
New  Jersey. 

RICHARD  STOCKTON  GUMMING — grandson  ; 

born  November  29,  1833,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1880 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1854  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1857  ;  Mayor  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey,  1888  to  1889  ; 
died  January  18,  1895,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

ALEXANDER  Me  WHORTER  GUMMING — great-grandson  ; 

born  March  25,  1872,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey  ;  ad- 
mitted February  22,  1895. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  EPHRAIM  DARBY  ; 

Private,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  1,  1776  ;  Quarter- 
master of  the  Battalion,  February  17, 1777  ;  Lieutenant 
and  Quartermaster,  Third  Regiment,  November  12, 
1777  ;  transferred  to  the  First  Regiment,  January  1, 
1781  ;  retired  September  1,  1782  ;  Brevet  Captain. 


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BRIGADIER-GENERAL  ELIAS  DAYTON; 

born  May  1,  1737,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ;  Lieu- 
tenant, New  Jersey  Provincial  Troops  in  the  French 
and  Indian  War,  March  19,  1759  ;  Captain,  ditto, 
March  29,  1760  ;  in  1764  he  conducted  a  successful 
expedition  against  the  Indians  in  Detroit ;  Colonel, 
First  Regiment,  Essex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  at 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war  ;  had  command  of  the 
Elizabethtown  Volunteers  which  captured  the  ship 
"  Blue  Mountain  Valley,"  January  23,  1776  ;  Colonel, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  February  9,  1776 ;  Colonel,  Third  Bat- 
talion, Second  Establishment,  November  28,  1776 ; 
Colonel,  Third  Regiment,  February,  1778 ;  transferred 
as  Colonel  to  Second  Regiment,  January  1,  1781  ; 
Brigadier-General,  Continental  Army,  January  7, 1783, 
and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war  ;  commanded  the 
New  Jersey  Brigade,  Continental  Line,  after  the  resigna- 
tion of  General  Maxwell;  Major-General  of  the  Second 
Division  of  the  New  Jersey  Militia,  June  5,  1793 ; 
Member  of  the  New  Jersey  House  of  Assembly  ;  Mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Congress,  1787  to  1788  ;  Presi- 
dent of  the  Society,  1783  to  1807  ;  died  October  22, 
1807,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey. 

ELIAS  BOUDINOT  DAYTON — son; 

born  in  1762  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1808  ;  Brigadier- General  in  the  New  Jersey 
Militia ;  died  January  17,  1846,  at  Elizabeth,  New 
Jersey. 

THOMAS  BRADBURY  CHANDLER  DAYTON — grandson; 

born  in  1787 ;  admitted  July  5,  1847 ;  was  graduated 
from  Princeton  College,  1806  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1809  ;  Postmaster  of  Elizabeth,  New 
Jersey ;  died  January  27,  1865. 


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WILLIAM  BERRIAN  DAYTON — great-grandson  ; 

born  July  26,  1838,  at  Washington,  District  of  Colum- 
bia ;  admitted  July  4, 1865 ;  was  graduated  from  Trinity 
College,  1856  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Trinity  College, 
1859  ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1867  to  1875  ;  Assistant 
Treasurer-General,  1872  to  1881  ;  Treasurer  of  the  So- 
ciety, 1875  to  1881 ;  died  March  30, 1881,  at  New  York 
City. 

HUGHES  DAYTON — great-great-grandson  ; 

born  May  13,  1873,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ; 
admitted  February  22,  1895. 


CAPTAIN  JONATHAN   DAYTON; 

born  October  16,  1760,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ; 
was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1776  ;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1779 ;  Ensign, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  February  7,  1776  ;  Paymaster,  Third 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Lieutenant  and  Pay- 
master, Third  Regiment,  to  date  February  1,  1779  ; 
Captain-Lieutenant,  ditto,  April  7,  1779 ;  Major  and 
Aide-de-Camp  to  Major-General  Sullivan,  May  1,  1779; 
Captain,  Third  Regiment,  March  30,  1780 ;  taken 
prisoner  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey,  November  5, 
1780  ;  transferred  to  the  Second  New  Jersey  Regiment, 
January  1,  1781 ;  retained  in  the  New  Jersey  Battalion, 
April,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783  ;  Member 
of  the  Federal  Convention,  1787  ;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws,  Princeton  College,  1798  ;  Speaker  of  the  New 
Jersey  House  of  Assembly  ;  Member  of  Congress  from 
New  Jersey,  1791  to  1799 ;  Speaker  of  Congress,  1795 
to  1799  ;  United  States  Senator,  1799  to  1805  ;  Briga- 
dier-General, United  States  Army,  1798  ;  died  October 
9,  1824,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey, 


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AARON  OGDEN  DAYTON — nephew ; 

born  October  4,  1796 ;  admitted  July  4, 1832 ;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Princeton  College,  1813  ;  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1816  ;  Member  of  the  House 
of  Assembly  of  New  Jersey,  1823  ;  Member  of  the 
Legislature  of  New  York,  1828;  Chief  Clerk  of  the 
State  Department,  1836;  Fourth  Auditor  of  the  United 
States  Treasury,  1838  to  1858  ;  died  October  1,  185S. 

AARON  OGDEN  DAYTON — grand-nephew; 

born  March  1,  1851,  at  Washington,  District  of  Colum- 
bia ;  admitted  July  4,  1872. 


CAPTAIN  CYRUS  DE  HART  ; 

born  June  17,  1757,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ; 
Ensign,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  4,  1775  ;  Lieu- 
tenant, First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  October 
4,  1777  ;  Regimental  Paymaster,  October  23,  1778  ; 
Captain-Lieutenant,  March  11,  1780  ;  Captain,  ditto, 
December  20,  1780  ;  transferred  to  the  Second  New 
Jersey  Regiment,  as  Captain,  January  1,  1781  ;  re- 
tained in  the  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and 
served  to  November  3,  1783  ;  died  September  7,  1831, 
at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  DE  HART — son; 

born  September  11,  1799,  at  Elizabethtown,  New 
Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4,  1832  ;  Third  Lieutenant  of 
Ordnance,  United  States  Army,  July  1,  1820  ;  trans- 
ferred to  the  Second  Regiment,  United  States  Artillery ; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  10,  1831  ;  Aide-de- 
Camp  to  Major-General  Winfield  Scott ;  Brevet  First 
Lieutenant,  United  States  Army,  for  ten  years'  faithful 


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service  in  one  grade,  July  1,  1830  ;  Captain,  April  3, 
1838  ;  Lieutenant-Governor  of  Pueblo  during  its  siege 
in  1847;  Vice  President  of  the  Society,  1842  to  1848  ; 
died  April  21,  1848,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  DE  HART — grandson; 

born  June  2,  1840,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1868 ;  Lieutenant,  United  States  Revenue 
Service. 


CAPTAIN   PETER   DICKERSON ; 

born  in  1724,  at  Southold,  Long  Island ;  Captain, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  February  7,  1776 ;  Captain,  Third  Bat- 
talion, Second  Establishment,  November  29,  1776; 
died  May  10,  1780,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey. 

FREDERICK  ALEXANDER  CANFIELD — great-great-grandson  ; 
born  April  7,  1849,  near  Dover,  Morris  county,  New 
Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4,  1895. 


CAPTAIN   NATHANIEL   DONNELL ; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Roman's  Independent  Company, 
Pennsylvania  Artillery,  March  25,  1776 ;  First  Lieu- 
tenant, ditto,  May  15,  1776 ;  Captain  in  Stevens'  Bat- 
talion of  Artillery,  Continental  Army,  November  9, 
1776  ;  attached  to  the  Third  Continental  Artillery  and 
served  to  June,  1783  ;  died  May  29,  1821. 

WILLIAM  LESTER  DONNELL — grandson; 

born  January  20,  1848  ;  admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  died 
July  9,  1894. 


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BREVET   MAJOR   JOHN   DOUGHTY; 

born  in  1754,  in  New  York  City;  an  original  member 
of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New 
York ;  transferred  from  the  New  York  Society,  July  4, 
1793  ;  was  graduated  from  King's  College,  New  York, 
1770  ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  Eastern  Artillery  Company 
of  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  May  9,  1776 ;  Captain, 
Second  Continental  Regiment  of  Artillery,  January 
1,  1777;  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major-General  Schuyler, 
1777 ;  assigned  March  1,  1777,  to  command  the 
New  York  State  Company  of  Artillery,  now  Battery  F, 
Fourth  Regiment,  United  States  Artillery,  vice  Captain 
Alexander  Hamilton,  promoted  to  be  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  the  Commander-in-Chief ; 
Brigade  Major  to  Continental  Corps  of  Artillery, 
August  2,  1779  ;  Major  commanding  garrison  at  West 
Point,  September  11,  1782 ;  Brevet  Major,  United 
States  Army,  September  30,  1783 ;  Major  of  the 
Artillery  Battalion,  United  States  Army,  August  7, 
1784 ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Second  Regiment,  United 
States  Infantry,  March  4,  1791,  which  appointment  he 
declined  and  retired  from  the  service ;  on  special  mili- 
tary inspection  duty  by  request  of  President  Washing- 
ton, September  17  to  October  26,  1791 ;  Brigadier- 
General,  Second  Division,  New  Jersey  Militia,  June  5, 
1793  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandant,  Second  Regi- 
ment, United  States  Artillerists  and  Engineers,  June  1, 
1798 ;  resigned  May  26,  1800 ;  Member  of  the  New 
Jersey  House  of  Assembly  ;  died  September  16,  1826,, 
at  Morristown,  New  Jersey. 


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SURGEON   LEWIS   FORD   DUNHAM; 

born  March  31,  1754,  at  Xew  Brunswick,  New  Jersey  ; 
received  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine ;  Colonel  in 
Colonial  Militia  of  New  Jersey ;  Member  of  New  Jer. 
sey  Assembly,  1775  ;  Surgeon,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  February 
21,  1776  ;  Surgeon,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, November  28,  1776  ;  Surgeon,  Third  Regiment; 
resigned  March,  1778  ;  Mayor  of  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey ;  died  August  26,  1821,  at  New  Brunswick, 
New  Jersey. 

LEWIS  DUNHAM — son  ; 

born  January  30, 1784,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1823 ;  Major  and  Surgeon,  United 
States  Regiment  of  Light  Dragoons,  December  12, 
1808  ;  transferred  to  the  Light  Artillery,  May  17,  1815  ; 
resigned  September  21,  1819 ;  died  April  2,  1859. 

ROBERT  MORRIS  BOGGS — grandson; 

born  October  17,  1821,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1864 ;  died  January  3,  1891,  at 
Trenton,  New  Jersey. 

LEWIS  DUNHAM  BOGGS — great-grandson; 

born  April  4,  1868,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1891. 


SURGEON  EBENEZER  ELMER; 

born  August  23,  1752,  at  Cedarville,  New  Jersey ; 
Ensign  of  Captain  Joseph  Bloomfield's  Company,  Third 
Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line,  February  9, 1776 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  April 
9,  1776 ;  Surgeon's  Mate,  Third  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28,  1776  ;  Surgeon,  Second 


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Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  July  5,  1778  ;  Sur- 
geon, Second  Regiment,  January  1,  1781  ;  retained  in 
New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to 
November  3,  1783  ;  Member  and  Speaker  of  the  New 
Jersey  House  of  Assembly,  1791  to  1795;  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  Council  of  New  Jersey  ;  Member  of  Con- 
gress from  New  Jersey,  1801  to  1807 ;  Adjutant-General 
of  New  Jersey,  July  5,  1804  ;  Brigadier-General  of  the 
Militia  of  New  Jersey  ;  commanded  brigade  of  the 
New  Jersey  Militia  in  the  War  of  1812  ;  Vice  President 
of  Burlington  College,  1808  to  1817,  and  1822  to  1832  ; 
Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1783  ;  Treasurer  of 
the  Society,  1826  to  1829;  Vice  President,  1824  to 
1838  ;  President,  1839,  and  1842  to  1843  ;  died  October 
18,  1843,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey. 

LUCIUS    QUINTIUS    ClNCINNATUS    ELMER SOU  ; 

born  October  3,  1793,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4, 1845  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1824  ;  Prosecutor  of  the  Pleas,  Cumberland 
County  ;  Member  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  1820  to 
1823 ;  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Assembly,  1823 ;  Trustee 
of  Princeton  College,  1829  to  1864 ;  United  States  Attor- 
ney for  New  Jersey,  1824  to  1829  ;  Member  of  Congress 
from  New  Jersey,  1843  to  1845  ;  Attorney-General  of 
New  Jersey,  1850  to  1852  ;  Associate  Justice,  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Jersey,  1852  to  1859,  and  1862  to  1869  ; 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Princeton  College,  1865  ;  Vice 
President  of  the  Society,  1862  to  1871 ;  President  of 
the  Society,  1871  to  1883;  died  March  11,  1883,  at 
Bridgeton,  New  Jersey. 

ENOCH  ANSON  MORE,  JR. — great-grandson; 

admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  Colonel,  First  Regiment  In- 
fantry, Colorado  National  Guard. 


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LIEUTENANT   ELI   ELMER; 

admitted  July  4,  1787 ;  Second  Lieutenant  and  Captain, 
Samuel  Hugg's  Western  Company  of  Artillery,  New 
Jersey  State  Troops ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  February 
1,  1777  ;  Paymaster  of  the  Militia  of  Cumberland  and 
Cape  May  Counties ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Convention,  1787 ;  Sheriff  of  Cumberland  County, 
New  Jersey,  1784  ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  House 
of  Assembly  ;  died  in  180(!. 

THEOPHILUS  MENTOR  ELMER — son  ; 

admitted  July  4,  1823  ;  died  March  23,  1880. 

CHARLES  HERBERT  SARGENT — great-grandson  ; 

born  July  15,  1860  ;  admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  died  in 
1891. 


CAPTAIN  MOSES  ESTE; 

born  January  18,  1752,  in  Enfield,  Connecticut ;  Lieu- 
tenant in  Captain  Joseph  Hankinson's  Company, 
Fourth  Regiment,  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey, 
Militia,  in  1774  ;  Captain,  ditto,  1776  ;  badly  wounded 
in  the  thigh  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  June  28,  1778  ; 
Captain  in  Colonel  John  Taylor's  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  State  Troops  ;  died  February  4,  1836,  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. 

WILLIAM  MILLER  ESTE — grandson; 

born  July  25,  1831,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio ;  admitted 
July  4,  1888  ;  was  graduated  from  Harvard  College, 
1852  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Company  C,  Twenty-sixth 
Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer  Militia,  December  17,  1861  ; 
First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  December  5,  1862  ;  Major  and 
Aide-de-Camp,  United  States  Volunteers,  March  11, 
1863;  resigned  from  the  service  April  1,  1865. 


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ENSIGN  PETER  FAULKNER; 

Private,  Lee's  Legion,  Continental  Army  ;  Corporal, 
ditto,  April  6,  1778  ;  Sergeant,  ditto,  January  1,  1779  ; 
Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line,  June  17, 1780  ;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion, 
April,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783  ;  Captain, 
Eleventh  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  January  8, 
1799  ;  honorably  discharged  June  15,  1800  ;  Military 
Storekeeper,  United  States  Army,  August  19,  1818  ; 
dismissed  June  20,  1820  ;  died  September  20,  1823,  in 
the  District  of  Columbia. 


CAPTAIN'  ANDREW  FITCH  ; 

born  in  1752,  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut ;  an  original 
member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of 
Connecticut ;  private  in  Captain  James  Clark's  Com- 
pany of  Minute-Men  at  the  Lexington  and  Concord 
Alarm,  April  19,  1775  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Third 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Continental  Infantry,  May  1  to 
December  19,  1775  ;  First  Lieutenant  in  Colonel  An- 
drew Ward's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Continental  Line, 
May  14, 1776  ;  Captain,  Colonel  John  Durkee's  Fourth 
Regiment,  Connecticut  Continental  Line,  January  1, 
1777  ;  served  until  January  1,  1781  ;  died  in  1782. 

JOHN  FITCH,  great-grandson; 

born  November  1,  1824,  near  Kinderhook,  New  York  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1876  ;  was  graduated  from  Union  Col- 
lege, New  York ;  died  September  5,  1889,  in  New 
York  City. 


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LIEUTENANT   CHILION   FORD; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  Continental 
Artillery,  February  1,  1777 ;  Regimental  Adjutant, 
May  25,  1778  ;  Regimental  Quartermaster,  August  1, 
1779 ;  First  Lieutenant,  October  1,  1780,  and  served 
to  June,  1783  ;  Colonel  in  the  Morris  County,  New  Jer- 
sey Militia ;  died  in  1801. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  MAHLON  FORD; 

born  July  22,  1756,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1793  ;  Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  May  1, 
1777  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  October  26,  1777  ; 
First  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  March  30,  1780  ;. 
transferred  to  First  Regiment,  January  1,  1781  ;  re- 
tained in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served 
to  November,  1783  ;  Captain  by  brevet,  September  30, 
1783  ;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  United  States  Infantry, 
August  12,  1784  ;  Lieutenant,  United  States  Battalion 
of  Artillery,  March  17,  1786  ;  Captain,  ditto,  March  4,. 
1791  ;  severely  wounded  in  action  with  Miami  Indians, 
November  4,  1791 ;  Major,  First  Regiment,  United 
States  Artillerists  and  Engineers,  May  7,  1798  ;  hon- 
orably discharged  June  1,  1802 ;  died  June  14,  1820> 
in  Columbus,  Ohio. 

GEORGE  WASHINGTON  FORD — son; 

born  February  8,  1802  ;  admitted  July  4,  1825 ;  died 
February  10,  1840. 

JOSHUA  EDWARDS  FORD — grandson; 

born  August  3,  1825,  at  Ogdensburg,  New  York ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1856 ;  was  graduated  from  Williams 
College,  1844  ;  was  graduated  from  Union  Theological 


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Seminary,  1847  ;  attached  to  the  Syrian  Mission  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  1847  to  1865  ;  died  April  3,  180(5, 
at  Geneseo,  Illinois. 

NATHAN  FORD — great-grandson; 

bom  July  13,  1849,  at  Aleppo,  Syria;  admitted  July 
4,  1884. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL    JONATHAN    FORMAN ; 

born  October  16, 1755,  at  Middletown  Point,  Monmouth 
County,  New  Jersey ;  First  Lieutenant  in  Captain 
John  Burrowes'  Company,  First  Regiment,  Monmouth 
County,  New  Jersey  Militia  May,  1776 ;  Captain, 
ditto  ;  Captain  in  Colonel  David  Forman's  Battalion, 
Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  June  14, 
1776,  to  November,  1776;  Captain,  Fourth  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line, 
November  23,  1776  ;  Captain,  First  Regiment  ; 
Major,  Third  Regiment,  November  20,  1781  ;  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, Second  Regiment,  February  11,  1783  ; 
retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and 
served  to  November  13,  1783  ;  Vice  President  of  the 
Society,  1783  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Third  Regiment, 
New  Jersey  Militia,  Pennsylvania  Insurrection,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1794  ;  Brigadier-General,  New  York  Militia, 
April  14,  1800;  died  May  26,  1809,  at  Cazenovia, 
New  York. 

HORATIO  SEYMOUR — grandson ; 

born  May  31,  1810,  at  Pompey  Hill,  Onondaga  County, 
New  York  ;  admitted  July  4,  1885  ;  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  New  York,  1832  ;  Member  of  Assembly  of  New 
York,  1841  to  1843  ;  Mayor  of  Utica,  New  York,  1842  ; 
Speaker  of  New  York  Assembly,  1844  ;  Governor  of 
State  of  New  York,  1852  to  1854,  and  1862  to  1864  ; 
died  February  12,  1886,  in  Utica,  New  York. 


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HORATIO  SEYMOUR — great-grandson ; 

born  January  8,  1844,  at  Utica,  New  York  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1887  ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  College,  1867  ; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  College,  1869  ;  State 
Engineer  and  Surveyor  of  New  York,  1877  to  1881. 


BRIGADIER-GENERAL  DAVID  FORMAN  ; 

born  November  3,  1745,  near  Englishtown,  New  Jersey; 
elected  honorary  member  of  the  Society,  September  22, 
1783  ;  admitted  to  hereditary  membership  July  4, 
1787  ;  Member  Committee  of  Observation,  Monmouth 
County,  March  6,  1775  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  a 
Battalion,  Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops, 
June  25,  1776  ;  Colonel,  ditto ;  Brigadier-General,  New 
Jersey  Militia,  March  5,  1777  ;  Colonel  of  Forman's 
Regiment,  Continental  Army,  February,  1777,  to  July, 
1778  ;  commanded  New  Jersey  State -Droops  to  the  close 
of  the  war  ;  Vice  President  of  the  Society,  1791  to 
1793;  died  September  12, 1797,  at  Natchez,  Mississippi. 

EDWARD  DORR  GRIFFIN — great-grandson ; 

born  September  3,  1839,  at  Catskill,  New  York  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4, 1884 ;  was  graduated  from  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  New  York  City,  March  9,  1865  ; 
died  May  8,  1887,  at  Lyme,  Connecticut. 


LIEUTENANT  JAMES  GILES  ; 

an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati 
in  the  State  of  New  York  ;  transferred  July  4,  1789  ; 
Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  Continental  Artillery  ; 
Adjutant,  ditto,  January  1,  1781 ;  Brigadier-General, 
New  Jersey  Militia  ;  Clerk  of  Cumberland  County, 
New  Jersey,  1789,  1790  and  1794  ;  died  August,  1825. 


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CAPTAIN   PETER   GRUBB ; 

born  September  8,  1740,  at  Cornwall,  Lebanon  County,, 
Pennsylvania  ;  Third  Lieutenant  of  Thompson's  Penn- 
sylvania Rifle  Battalion,  Continental  Line,  July  17, 

1775  ;  resigned  September  10,  1775  ;  Captain,  Second 
Battalion  of  Miles'  Pennsylvania  Rifle  Regiment,  Con- 
tinental Line,  March  12,  1776  ;  Captain,  Tenth  Penn- 
sylvania Regiment,  Continental  Line,  November  27, 

1776  ;  Captain,  Patton's  Additional  Continental  Regi- 
ment, January,  1777  ;  retired  in  1778  ;  died  January 
17,  1786. 

EDWARD  BURD  GRUBB — great-grandson; 

born  November  13,  1841,  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  First  Sergeant,  Company  C, 
Third  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Infantry  Volunteers,  May 
25,  1861;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto,  June  13,  1861; 
First  Lieutenant,  Company  D,  ditto,  November  8,  1861  ; 
Captain,  Company  B,  ditto,  August  20,  1862  ;  Major, 
Twenty-third  Regiment,  Infantry,  New  Jersey  Volun- 
teers, November  24,  1862  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  ditto, 
December  26,  1862  ;  Colonel,  ditto,  March  9,  1863  ; 
honorably  mustered  out  with  said  regiment,  June  27r 
1863 ;  Colonel,  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  June  24, 1864 ; 
honorably  mustered  out  with  said  regiment,  October 
1,  1864 ;  brevetted  Brigadier-General  United  States 
Volunteers,  March  13,  1865,  for  gallant  and  meritori- 
ous services  during  the  war  ;  Envoy  Extraordinary  and 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  United  States  at  the 
Court  of  Madrid,  1890  to  1892. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  LUTHER  HALSEY ; 

born  May  10,  1758 ;  Sergeant,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber, 1775 ;  Regimental  Adjutant,  Second  Battalion,. 


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Second  Establishment,  November  28,  1776 ;  Adjutant 
of  the  Second  Regiment,  November  9,  1777  ;  retained 
in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783 ;  Captain  by 
brevet,  September  30, 1783,  and  served  to  November  3, 
1783  ;  died  February  28,  1830. 

LUTHER  HALSEY — son; 

born  January  1,  1794,  at  Schenectady,  New  York  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1835  ;  was  graduated  from  College 
at  Concord,  1812  ;  Professor  of  Natural  Philosophy, 
Chemistry  and  Natural  History  at  Princeton  College, 
1824  to  1829  ;  Professor  of  Theology  in  Western 
Theological  Seminary,  Alleghany,  Pennsylvania ;  Pro- 
fessor of  Church  History  and  Polity,  Auburn  Theo- 
logical Seminary ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1850 
to  1852 ;  Chaplain  of  the  Society,  1871  to  1880 ;  died 
October  29,  1880. 

LUTHER  FOSTER  HALSEY — grandson; 

born  October  28,  1833  ;  admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  Assist- 
ant Surgeon,  Seventh  Regiment  Infantry,  New  Jersey 
Volunteers,  August  20,  1862  ;  transferred  to  the  Second 
Regiment,  March  9,  1863  ;  honorably  discharged  May 
31, 1864  ;  died  July  6, 1895,  at  Swedesboro,  New  Jersey. 

LUTHER  MURPHY  HALSEY — great-grandson; 
admitted  July  4,  1896. 


ENSIGN   ROBERT   HAMILTON; 

born  January  17, 1764,  in  Leacock  Township,  Lancaster 
County,  Pennsylvania  ;  Ensign,  Third  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Continental  Line,  May  23,  1779;  served  with 
this  regiment  until  it  was  disbanded,  January  17,  1781 ; 
died  February  22,  1831. 


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HAMILTON  MARKLEY — great-grandson  ; 

born  May  6,  1854,  in  Camden,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1890  ;  Captain  and  Aide-de-Camp,  Staff  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  New  Jersey  National  Guard,  July  2, 
1884;  Major  and  Judge-Advocate,  ditto,  December  1, 
1891 ;  Major  and  Engineer,  ditto,  May  15,  1893. 


SURGEON   JACOB   HARRIS; 

Surgeon's  Mate,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28,  1776  ; 
transferred  to  the  Fourth  Battalion,  February  20, 
1777;  Surgeon's  Mate,  First  Regiment,  July  1, 
1778  ;  Surgeon,  Third  Regiment,  November  16,  1782  ; 
retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and 
served  to  November,  1783  ;  died  on  Long  Island,  New 
York. 

HENRY  SCHENCK  HARRIS — great-great-grandnephew  ; 

born  December  27,  1850,  at  Belvidere,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1884  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1870  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1873  ;  Prosecutor  of  the  Pleas  of  Warren  County, 
New  Jersey,  March  15,  1877  ;  Member  of  Congress 
from  New  Jersey,  1881  to  1883. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  SAMUEL  HAY  ; 

an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  State  of  New  York  ;  transferred  from  the  New 
York  Society,  July  4,  1796  ;  Member  of  the  State  Con- 
vention, 1787  ;  died  December,  1803. 

PHILIP  CORTLANDT  HAY — son ; 

born  July  25,  1793,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1826  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 


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1818 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1821 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divinity,  Princeton  Col- 
lege ;  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1829  to  1830 ;  died  in 
1860. 

CAPTAIN   JAMES   HEARD; 

Cornet,  Lee's  Legion,  Continental  Army,  April  1,  1779  ; 
Lieutenant  and  Regimental  Paymaster,  ditto,  February 
1,  1780;  Captain,  ditto,  March,  1782;  served  to  the 
close  of  the  war  ;  died  March  26th,  1831,  in  Middlesex 
County,  New  Jersey. 


CAPTAIN   JOHN   HEARD; 

born  in  1742,  near  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey ;  son  of 
Brigadier-General  Nathaniel  Heard,  New  Jersey  Militia 
in  the  Revolutionary  War  ;  Second  Lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Frederick  Frelinghuysen's  Eastern  Company  of 
Artillery,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  March  1,  1776 ; 
Lieutenant,  Fourth  Regiment,  Continental  Dragoons, 
January  20,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  February  8,  1778, 
and  served  until  the  end  of  the  war ;  Brigadier-Gen- 
eral, New  Jersey  Militia ;  Surrogate  of  Middlesex 
County,  New  Jersey  ;  died  in  1826,  at  New  Brnnswick, 
New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  DUXLAP  HEARD — son; 

born  September  26,  1795,  at  Perth  Amboy,  New  Jer- 
sey; admitted  July  4,  1832;  died  October  2,  1880,  at 
Hagerstown,  Maryland. 

FRANKLIN  ANDERSON  HEARD — grandson; 

born  June  10,  1826,  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1881. 


BREVET   MAJOR  WILLIAM   HELMS; 

Ensign,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment ;  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  7,  1775  :  Second 


Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29,  1776  ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  February 
5,  1777;  Captain,  ditto,  December  1,  1777;  transferred 
to  the  Second  Regiment,  September  26,  1780;  retained 
in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783  ;  Major  by  brevet, 
September  30,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783  ; 
Member  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature ;  Member  of 
Congress  from  New  Jersey,  1801  to  1811  ;  Major-Gen- 
eral, New  Jersey  Militia  ;  died  in  1813. 


CAPTAIN   SAMUEL   HENDRY ; 

born  in  1738,  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey;  Ensign, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey 
Continental  Line,  November  27,  1775  ;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, ditto,  September  5,  1776  ;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November 
29,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  February  5,  1777; 
Captain-Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  January  1, 1779 ; 
Captain,  ditto,  July  5,  1779  ;  retained  in  New  Jersey 
Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3, 
1783;  died  October  15,  1824,  at  Burlington,  New 
Jersey. 

JOHN  ANDERSON  HENDRY — son; 

born  in  1780,  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey;  admitted 
July  5,  1824 ;  Surgeon,  Fourth  Regiment,  Hunterdon 
County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  1813  ;  died  May  23,  1834, 
in  New  York  City. 

CHARLES  Fox  HENDRY — grandson; 

born  December  19,  1811,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  4,.1834;  died  March  12,  1883,  at  South 
Amboy,  New  Jersey. 

PAUL  AUGUSTINE  HENDRY — great-grandson; 

born  March  30,  1857,  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1883. 


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MAJOR   JOHN   HOLLINSHEAD; 

born  June  28,  1748;  admitted  July  4,  1787;  First 
Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  27,  1775 ; 
First  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, November  29,  1776  ;  Captain,  ditto,  February  5, 
1777;  Major,  Third  Regiment,  July  5,  1779;  trans- 
ferred to  the  Second  Regiment,  January  1,  1781 ;  re- 
signed November  20,  1781 ;  Sheriff  of  Burlington 
County,  New  Jersey  ;  died  June,  1798. 

JAMES  STERLING  HOLLINSHEAD — grandnephew ; 

born  April  9,  1815,  in  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1884;  died  September  27,  1897,  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 

PERSIFOR  FRAZER — great-grandson  ; 

born  July  24,  1844,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ; 
admitted  July  4,  1898  ;  was  graduated,  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  1862  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  1865  ;  Coast  Survey,  assigned  to 
United  States  Navy,  1862  to  1864;  Acting  Ensign, 
United  States  Navy,  1864  to  1865 ;  Assistant  United 
States  Geological  Survey,  1869  ;  Professor  of  Chemistry, 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  1870  to  1874 ;  Assistant, 
Geological  Survey  of  Pennsylvania,  1874  to  1881 ;  Pro- 
fessor of  Chemistry,  Franklin  Institute,  1881  to  1893  ; 
degree  of  Docteur  £s-sciences  Naturelles,  University  of 
France,  1882. 


CAPTAIN   JOHN   HOLMES; 

Second  Lieutenant,  First  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  16, 
1775 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Es- 
tablishment, November  29,  1776  ;  Captain,  First  Regi- 
ment, February  1,  1779,  and  served  to  June  3,  1783. 


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CAPTAIN   JONATHAN   HOLMES; 

Ensign  in  Captain  John  Burrowes'  Company,  First 
Regiment,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey  Militia ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  ditto ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Heard's 
Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  June  14,  1776 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1776  ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  1,  1777  ;  taken 
prisoner  June  1,  1777  ;  transferred  as  First  Lieutenant 
to  the  Second  Regiment,  July  1,  1778  ;  Captain,  ditto, 
April  16,  1780,  and  served  to  April,  1783. 

HENRY  APPLEGATE  WILSON — great-great-grandnephew ; 

born  February  29,  1856,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1897. 


ENSIGN   JOHN   HOPPER; 

Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line,  June  21,  1781 ;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion, 
April,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783  ;  died 
November  14,  1819,  in  Bergen  County,  New  Jersey. 


CAPTAIN   JOHN   HO  WELL  ; 

admitted  July  5,  1785  ;  Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1776  ;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  October  29, 
1777  ;  Captain,  ditto,  November  20,  1781 ;  served  to 
April,  1783;  died  September  18,  1830,  at  Hartford, 
Ohio  County,  Kentucky. 

FRANCIS  BARBER  HOWELL — son; 

born  June  6,  1796,  at  Parsippany,  Morris  County,  New 
Jersey ;  admitted  July  5,  1886 ;  died  November  26, 
1889,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

ALFRED  BELL  HOWELL — grandson; 

bom  March  5,  1829,  at  Lockport,  Ohio  ;  admitted  July 
4,  1890. 


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SURGEON  LEWIS  HOWELL; 

born  in  1753  ;  died  before  the  organization  of  the 
Society  ;  Surgeon,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, Xew  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1776;  died  June  29,  1778,  of  fever,  at  the  Black 
Horse  Tavern,  now  Columbus,  Burlington  County,  New 
Jersey,  the  day  after  the  battle  of  Monmouth. 

FRANK  DAVENPORT  HOWELL — grandnephew ; 

born  March  25,  1842  ;  admitted  July  4,  1888 ;  First 
Lieutenant,  Seventeenth  Regiment,  V nited  States  In- 
fantry, May  14th,  1861  ;  resigned  and  honorably  dis- 
charged from  the  service,  April  27,  1863 ;  Assistant 
Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1893. 


MAJOR   RICHARD   HOWELL; 

born  October  25,  1754,  in  Newark,  Newcastle  County, 
Delaware  ;  Captain,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  29,  177-") : 
distinguished  himself  at  the  siege  of  Quebec,  December, 
1775;  Brigade-Major  to  Colonel  Stark's  Brigade,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1776;  Major,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  November  28,  1776;  Major,  Second 
Regiment;  resigned  April  7,  1779;  Member  of  State 
Convention,  1787  ;  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New 
Jersey,  1788  to  1793 ;  Governor  and  Chancellor  of 
N.-w  Jersey,  1794  to  1801  ;  died  April  28,  1802,  at 
Trenton,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  GUMMING  HOWELL — grandson; 

born  November  24,  1819,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  admitted  July  4,  1872  ;  Midshipman,  United 
States  Navy,  June  9,  1836  ;  Past  Midshipman,  July  1, 
1842  ;  Lieutenant,  August  2,  1849  ;  Commander,  July 
16,  1862;  Captain,  July  25,  1866;  Executive  Officer 


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of  the  steam  frigate  "Minnesota,"  at  the  battle  of 
Hatteras  Inlet,  and  commanded  the  "Nereus"  in  both 
of  the  Fort  Fisher  fights ;  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  European 
fleet,  1868  to  1870;  Commandant  of  Navy  Yard  at 
League  Island,  Philadelphia,  1870  to  1872;  Commo- 
dore, January  29,  1872 ;  Commandant  of  Navy  Yard 
at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  1872  to  1874 ;  Chief 
of  Bureau  of  Yards  and  Docks,  September  22,  1874, 
to  1878  ;  Acting  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  August  1,  1875 ; 
Rear  Admiral,  April  25,  1877  ;  command  of  North 
Atlantic  Squadron,  September,  1877  ;  command  of  the 
European  Squadron,  1878  to  1881  ;  retired  November 
24,  1881 ;  died  September  12,  1892. 

RICHARD  LEWIS  HOWELL — great-grandson; 

born  March  31,  1859,  at  Wheeling,  West  Virginia ;  ad- 
mitted February  22,  1894 ;  was  graduated  from  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia,  1879 ;  was  graduated  from  the  Theo- 
logical Seminary  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  1882. 


LIEUTENANT   JOSEPH   HULL; 

born  in  1750  ;  Ensign  of  Captain  John  Couch's  Com- 
pany, Colonel  Philip  Burr  Bradley 's  Connecticut  State 
Regiment,  June  10,  1776  ;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Wash- 
ington, November  16,  1776  ;  exchanged  September  18, 
1778 ;  Lieutenant  of  Captain  Nathan  Chapman's 
Company,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandant  Bezaleel 
Beebe's  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  in  Continental 
service,  1780 ;  Lieutenant  in  Captain  Jabez  Fitch's 
Company,  Independent  Volunteers,  Connecticut  State 
Troops,  in  Continental  service,  March  1,  1782  ;  dis- 
charged March  1,  1783;  died  January  27,  1826,  at 
Derby,  Connecticut. 

ISAAC  HULL  PLATT — great-grandson; 

born  May  18,  1853,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York  ;  admitted 
February  22,  1893. 


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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  DAVID  HUMPHREYS ; 

bom  July,  1752,  in  Derby,  Connecticut ;  an  original 
member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in  the  State 
of  Connecticut ;  Captain,  Sixth  Regiment  Connecticut 
Continental  Line,  January  1,  1777 ;  transferred  to 
Fourth  Regiment,  January  1,  1781;  transferred  to 
Second  Regiment,  January  1,  1783;  Brigade-Major  to 
General  Parsons,  March  29,  1777 ;  Major  and  Aide-de- 
Camp  to  General  Putnam,  December  18,  1778 ;  Major 
and  Aide-de-Camp  to  General  Greene,  May,  1780  ;  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel and  Aide-de-Camp  to  General  Washing- 
ton, June  23,  1780,  to  December  23,  1783  ;  received  the 
thanks  and  a  sword  from  Continental  Congress  when 
he  presented  the  standards  captured  at  Yorktown  ;  died 
February  21,  1818,  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut. 

FRANK  LANDON  HUMPHREYS — great-great-grandnephew ; 

born  June  16,  1858,  at  Auburn,  New  York ;  elected  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Society,  July  4,  1894 ;  ad- 
mitted to  hereditary  membership,  July  5,  1897  ;  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts,  St.  Stephen's  College,  Oxford, 
1884 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Music,  St.  Stephen's  College, 
1889;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Sacred  Theology,  Hobart 
College,  1895 ;  General  Secretary  of  the  Church  Uni- 
versity Board  of  Regents  ;  Chaplain  of  the  General 
Society,  1896. 


CHAPLAIN  ANDREW  HUNTER; 

born  April  30,  1750,  at  York,  Virginia  ;  was  graduated 
from  Princeton  College,  1772  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1775  ;  Chaplain,  Third  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line, 
June  1,  1777 ;  Chaplain  to  General  Maxwell's  New 
Jersey  Brigade,  June  15,  1777  ;  Chaplain,  Third  Regi- 
ment, September  26,  1780 ;  taken  prisoner ;  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war ;  Member  of  the  State  Con- 
vention, 1787  ;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1788  to 


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1804  ;  Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Astronomy  at 
Princeton  College,  1804  to  1808  ;  Chaplain,  United 
States  Navy,  March  5,  1811  ;  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
1783  to  1790,  and  1797  to  1811  ;  died  February  24, 
1823,  at  Washington,  District  of  Columbia. 

DAVID  HUNTER — son; 

born  July  21, 1802,  near  Trenton,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1885  ;  was  graduated  from  West  Point  Military 
Academy,  1822 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Fifth  United  States 
Infantry,  July  1,  1822 ;  First  Lieutenant,  ditto,  June  30, 
1828  ;  Captain,  First  Regiment,  United  States  Dragoons, 
March  4,  1833  ;  resigned  July  4,  1836 ;  Major  and 
Paymaster,  United  States  Army,  March  14,  1842; 
Colonel,  Sixth  Regiment,  United  States  Cavalry,  May 
14,  1861  ;  Brigadier-General,  United  States  Volunteers, 
May  17,  1861  ;  Major-General,  United  States  Volun- 
teers, August  13,  1861  ;  Brevet  Brigadier-General 
United  States  Army,  March  13,  1865,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  service  in  the  battle  of  Piedmont  and  the 
campaign  in  the  Valley  of  Virginia  ;  Brevet  Major- 
General,  United  States  Army,  March  13,  1865,  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  service  during  the  war  ;  mus- 
tered out  of  volunteer  service,  January  15,  1866  ;  re- 
tired from  the  United  States  Army,  July  31,  1866  ; 
died  February  2,  1886,  in  Washington,  District  of  Co- 
lumbia. 

Louis  BOUDINOT  HUNTER — son  ; 

born  October  9,  1804,  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey  ;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1886  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1824  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1827;  appointed  Assistant  Surgeon,  United  States 
Navy,  March  25,  1828 ;  Passed  Assistant  Surgeon, 
March  3,  1835;  Surgeon,  March  2,  1837;  Surgeon 
of  the  Fleet,  Mediterranean  Squadron,  1852  ;  Surgeon 
on  United  States  Steamship  "Saratoga,"  under  Ad- 


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miral  Farragut,  in  Mexican  War ;  Surgeon  of  Fleet, 
North  Atlantic  Blockading  Squadron,  under  Admiral 
Porter ;  Medical  Director,  United  States  Navy,  1870  ; 
on  retired  list,  with  rank  of  Commodore,  March  3,  1871 ; 
died  June  24,  1887,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

RICHARD  STOCKTON  HUNTER — grandson  ; 

born  February  20,  1845,  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1887;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1864  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1867. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL  JOSHUA  HUNTINGTON; 
born  August  16,  1751,  at  Norwich,  Connecticut;  First 
Lieutenant  of  Colonel  Israel  Putnam's  Third  Regi- 
ment, Connecticut  Continental  Line,  May  1,  1775  : 
discharged  December  16,  1775 ;  Captain  in  Colonel 
Samuel  Selden's  Fourth  Battalion,  Wadsworth's  Bri- 
gade, Connecticut  State  Troops,  June  20,  1776  ;  Major, 
Twentieth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Militia,  for  the  imme- 
diate defense  of  Connecticut  or  any  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  May  1, 1777 ;  promoted  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
ditto,  May  1,  1780 ;  under  resolve  of  Continental  Con- 
gress, and  as  signified  by  the  President,  appointed  to 
superintend  the  building  of  a  frigate  under  Continental 
Navy  Board,  February,  1777  ;  continuing  in  connec- 
tion with  the  Continental  Navy  Board  and  in  charge 
of  Continental  ordnance,  1778,  1779  and  1780  ;  died 
at  Norwich,  Connecticut,  in  1821. 

FREDERICK  WOLCOTT  JACKSON — great-grandson  ; 

born  August  24,  1833,  in  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  elected 
an  honorary  member  of  the  Society  July  4,  1885  ; 
admitted  to  hereditary  membership  July  4,  1888 ; 
Trustee  of  the  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  May, 
1883  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  College,  1892. 


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ENSIGN  JACOB  HYER  ; 

born  September  5,  1763  ;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,. 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  June  27, 1781,  and  served 
until  April,  1783  ;  died  March  10,  1812,  at  Trenton, 
New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  HYER — brother ; 

born  December  11,  1765,  at  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4,  1815  ;  Adjutant,  Fourth  Regi- 
ment, Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  November 
13,  1794  ;  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey, 
November  26,  1807  ;  Clerk  of  the  Court  of  Chancery 
of  New  Jersey.  1814  to  1818;  died  August  8,  1840,  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

ALEXANDER  CHAMBERS  HYER — nephew; 

born  August  28,  1797,  at  South  Amboy,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4, 1842  ;  died  October  9, 1880,  at  Frank- 
ford,  Pennsylvania. 

ALEXANDER  CHAMBERS  HYER — grand-nephew; 

born  November  30,  1836,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylva- 
nia ;  admitted  July  4,  1881. 


ENSIGN   JAMES   JOHNSTON; 

born  at  Oxford,  Chester  County,  Pennsylvania ;  En- 
sign and  Regimental  Paymaster,  Fifth  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Continental  Line,  January  1,  1777  ;  in  service 
until  January  17,  1781 ;  died  December  19,  1842,  at 
Alleghany  City,  Pennsylvania. 

ALEXANDER  JOHNSTON  CASSATT — •great-grandson; 

born  December  8,  1839,  at  Pittsburg,  Pennsylvania  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1891 ;  was  graduated  from  Poly- 
technic College,  Troy,  New  York,  1859. 


97 

BREVET   CAPTAIN   WILLIAM   KERSEY; 

Private  and  Corporal,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  March,  1776 ; 
Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1777;  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  March  30, 
1780 ;  transferred  to  First  Regiment,  January  1st, 
1781 ;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783  ; 
Captain  by  brevet,  September  30,  1783,  and  served  to 
November  3,  1783 ;  Ensign,  United  States  Army, 
August  12,  1784;  Lieutenant,  First  United  States  In- 
fantry, September  29,  1789 ;  Captain,  ditto,  June  4, 
1791 ;  assigned  to  the  First  Sub-Legion,  September  4, 
1792  ;  Major  of  the  Fourth  Sub-Legion,  June  30,  1794  ; 
retained  in  the  Third  United  States  Infantry,  Novem- 
ber 1,  1796;  died  March  21,  1800. 


LIEUTENANT  ABRAHAM  KINNEY; 

born  August  16,  1762,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey; 
Ensign,  Third  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental 
Line,  May  24,  1779 ;  Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment, 
Continental  Dragoons,  June  14,  1781 ;  honorably  dis- 
charged November  3,  1783 ;  died  January  31,  1816, 
at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

THOMAS  TALMAGE  KINNEY — grandson , ;  also  great-grandson 

of  Surgeon-General  William  Burnet; 
born  August  13, 1821,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1884  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College  in 
1841 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1844 ;  offered  United  States  Minister  to  Austria  by 
President  Arthur,  but  declined  ;  President  of  State 
Board  of  Agriculture,  1878  to  1882. 


98 

BREVET   CAPTAIN   JOHN   KINNEY; 

admitted  July  4,  1791 ;  Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  July  19, 
1776  ;  Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
November  29,  1776 ;  Second  Lieutenant,  ditto  ;  First 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  6,  1778  ;  Captain  by  brevet ; 
resigned  therefrom  August,  1778  ;  died  July  17,  1832, 
at  Morristown,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  RUMSEY  KINNEY — grandson; 

born  September  15,  1834,  in  Hartford,  Ohio  County, 
Kentucky;  admitted  July  4,  1884;  Major  Twelfth 
Regiment,  Kentucky  Volunteer  Cavalry,  August  10, 
1862 ;  died  November  26, 1896,  at  Louisville,  Kentucky. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   SHEPARD   KOLLOCK ; 

born  September,  1750,  at  Lewiston,  Delaware;  admit- 
ted July  4,  1791 ;  Lieutenant,  New  York  Militia,  1776  ; 
First  Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  Continental  Artil- 
lery, January  1,  1777;  Captain  by  brevet;  resigned 
therefrom  January  3,  1779  ;  Postmaster  of  Elizabeth, 
1818  to  1829  ;  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
Essex  County,  New  Jersey ;  died  July  28,  1839,  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

JOHN  Me  Do  WELL  KOLLOCK — grandson, 

who  afterward  assumed  the  name  of  McDowell ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1840  ;  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1854  to 
1869;  Assistant  Treasurer-General,  1863  to  1869;  died 
June  8,  1869. 

FRANCIS  BUCK  MCDOWELL — great-grandson; 

born  in  1844,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania;  admitted 
July  5,  1869  ;  Doctor  of  Medicine ;  Assistant  Treas- 
urer of  the  Society,  1869  to  1871  ;  transferred  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Society  of  the  Cincinnati,  July  4,  1882. 


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CAPTAIN   DERICK   LANE; 

born  April  30,  1755,  at  Bedminster,  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey;  Second  Lieutenant,  Colonel  Hunt's  Bat- 
talion, Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  June 
20,  1776  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Sec- 
ond Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line, 
November  28,  1776  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Bat- 
talion, Second  Establishment,  February  5,  1777 ;  First 
Lieutenant,  November  8,  1777;  Regimental  Quarter- 
master, April  3,  1779 ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  July  5, 
1799;  Captain,  February  11,  1783;  retained  in  New 
Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to  June  3, 
1783 ;  Captain,  United  States  Infantry,  August  12, 
1784  ;  resigned  November  24,  1785 ;  Colonel,  Rensse- 
laer  County  Regiment,  New  York  Militia,  1798  ;  Mem- 
ber of  Assembly  of  the  State  of  New  York,  1809  ; 
President  of  village  of  Troy,  New  York,  1814  to  1815  ; 
died  March  26,  1831,  at  Troy,  New  York. 

GEORGE  TIBBITS  LANE — •grandson; 

born  November  26,  1834,  at  Troy,  New  York ;  admit- 
ted July  4,  1885. 


MAJOR   BENJAMIN   LEDYARD  ; 

an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  State  of  New  York ;  transferred  from  the  New 
York  Society,  July  4,  1788  ;  Captain,  First  Regiment, 
New  York  Continental  Line,  June  28,  1775  ;  Major, 
Fourth  Regiment,  November  21,  1776 ;  transferred 
to  the  First  Regiment  as  Major,  April  29,  1778  ;  re- 
signed therefrom,  March  26,  1779. 


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CAPTAIN   DAVID   LENOX; 

born  October  3,  1753,  in  Kircudbright,  Scotland ; 
Captain,  Third  Pennsylvania  Battalion,  Continental 
Line,  January  5,  1776  ;  wounded  and  taken  prisoner 
at  Fort  Washington,  November  16,  1776  ;  exchanged 
May  15,  1778  ;  Volunteer  Aide-de-Camp  to  General 
Wayne  at  Battle  of  Monmouth  ;  retired  September  15, 
1778  ;  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Society,  July  4,  1789 ;  Vice  President  thereof, 
1805  to  1807  ;  President  thereof,  1808  to  1828  ;  died 
April  10,  1828,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

ROBERT  LENOX  BELKNAP — great-grandnephew ; 

born  July  23,  1848  ;  admitted  July  4,  1891  ;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Columbia  College,  1869  ;  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Columbia  College,  1872 ;  Acting  Assistant  In- 
spector-General of  New  York,  1875 ;  Colonel  by  brevet, 
National  Guard  of  New  York,  1880;  Trustee  of  Prince- 
ton Theological  Seminary,  1887  to  1896;  died  March 
31,  1896,  in  New  York  City. 

WALDRON  PHCENIX  BELKNAP — great-great-grandnephew ; 
born  February  8,  1873,  in  New  York  City;  admitted 
July  4,  1896. 


BREVET   MAJOR   RICHARD    LLOYD; 

born  in  1755,  at  Upper  Freehold,  New  Jersey;  First 
Lieutenant,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  February  7,  1776  ;  First  Lieu- 
tenant, Hazen's  Regiment,  Second  Canadian,  Conti- 
nental Army,  January  1,  1777;  Captain,  September 
20,  1777;  Major  by  brevet ;  retired  January  1,  1783; 
died  May  17,  1792,  in  Sussex  County,  New  Jersey. 


101 

WILLIAM  LLOYD — brother-; 

born  May  1,  1757  in  Upper  Freehold,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1795 ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey 
General  Assembly  and  of  the  Council ;  Sheriff  and 
Collector  of  the  County  of  Monmouth,  New  Jersey  : 
Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey ;  died  April  22,  1837,  at  Freehold,  New 
Jersey. 

WILLIAM  LLOYD — nephew; 

born  March  26,  1800,  at  Upper  Freehold,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1837  ;  Postmaster  of  Freehold,  New 
Jersey,  1835  to  1848 ;  died  September,  22,  1894,  at 
Freehold,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  EDWARD  LLOYD — grand-nephew; 

born  October  17,  1843,  at  Millhurst,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  admitted  February  22,  1895. 


ENSIGN   FRANCIS   LUCE; 

Private,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  November,  1775;  Sergeant  and 
Cadet,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment ;  Ensign, 
Second  Regiment,  June  17,  1780  ;  transferred  to  the 
First  Regiment,  January  1,  1783  ;  retained  in  New 
Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783  ;*  served  to  November  3, 
1783  ;  Ensign,  United  States  Infantry,  March  17,  1786; 
Ensign,  First  United  States  Infantry,  September  29, 
1789  ;  resigned  therefrom,  May  1,  1790. 


COLONEL   WILLIAM   MALCOLM; 

born  in  1732,  in  Scotland  ;  Major,  Second  Independent 
Infantry  Battalion,  New  York  City,  January,  1776  ; 
Colonel,  Second  Regiment,  New  York  City  Militia,  May 


102 

8,  1776  ;  Colonel  of  Malcolm's  Additional  Regiment, 
Continental  Army,  January  1, 1777  ;  Deputy  Adjutant- 
General,  Northern  Department,  June  2, 1778,  to  October, 
1778;  retired  May  9,  1779;  Colonel,  First  Regiment, 
New  York  Levies,  1780  to  1781 ;  died  September  1, 
1792,  in  New  York  City. 

JAMES  MORTIMER  MONTGOMERY — great-great-grandson  ; 

born  February  16,  1855,  at  New  York  City  ;  admitted 
July  5,  1886,  General  Secretary  Society  Sons  of  the 
Revolution  ;  Governor  Military  Society  War  of  1812. 


CAPTAIN  ABSALOM   MARTIN  ; 

Paymaster,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28,  1776  ;. 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  November  2,  1777 ;  Regimental 
Paymaster,  November  1,  1779  ;  Captain,  First  Regi- 
ment, January  6,  1783;  served  to  the  close  of  the  war; 
died  in  1802. 


BRIGADIER-GENERAL  WILLIAM  MAXWELL; 

born  in  1733,  in  County  Tyrone,  Ireland ;  came  to 
Greenwich  Township,  Morris  County,  New  Jersey,  in 
1747;  Colonel,  First  Regiment,  Sussex  County,  New 
Jersey,  Militia;  Colonel,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  8, 
1775;  Brigadier-General,  Continental  Army,  October 
23,  1776;  resigned  July  20,  1780;  commanded  the 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line  from  1777  to  1780;  died 
November  4,  1796,  in  Greenwich  Township,  Sussex 
County,  New  Jersey. 


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HENRY  DUSENBERY  MAXWELL — great-grandnephew ; 

born  August  3,  1862,  at  Easton,  Pennsylvania;  ad- 
mitted February  22, 1894 ;  was  graduated  from  Lafayette 
College,  1882 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Lafayette  Col- 
lege, 1885. 


CAPTAIN  GILES  MEAD; 

First  Lieutenant,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  10,  1775 ; 
First  Lieutenant,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, November  29,  1776  ;  Captain,  October  29, 1777 ; 
Captain,  First  Regiment,  September  26,  1780,  and 
served  to  the  close  of  the  war. 


MAJOR    AARON   OGDEN ; 

born  December  3,  1756,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey : 
was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1773 ;  received 
the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1776  ; 
Paymaster,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  8,  1775 ;  Pay- 
master, First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  February 

1,  1777  ;  Brigade-Major  and  Inspector  to  General  Max- 
well's   Brigade,   March    7,    1778,    to   July    18,    1780: 
Captain,  First  Regiment,  to  date  February  2,  1779,  and 
served  to  the  close  of  the  war ;    Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Eleventh    United   States   Infantry,  January   8,  1799 ; 
honorably  discharged,  June  15,  1800;  Clerk  of  Essex 
County,    New    Jersey ;     Presidential    Elector,     1800 ; 
Trustee  of  the  College  of  New  Jersey,  1803  to  1812, 
and    1817   to   1839;    United  States  Senator  1801   to 
1803  ;    Governor  of   New  Jersey,   1812  to  1813 ;   ap- 
pointed  Major-General,  Linked   States   Army,   March 

2,  1813,    but   declined;    degree   of  Doctor   of  Laws, 


104 

Princeton  College,  1816  ;  President  of  the  Society,  1824 
to  1839  ;  Vice  President-General,  1825  to  1829  ;  Presi- 
dent-General, 1829  to  1839;  died  April  19,  1839,  at 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey. 

MATTHIAS  OGDEN — son; 

born  January,  1792,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1839 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1810  ;  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1813;  died  July  17,  1860,  at  Eliza- 
bethtown, New  Jersey. 

ELIAS  BAILEY  DAYTON  OGDEN — son; 

born  May  22,  1799,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1861 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1819;  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1822  ;  Prosecutor  of  the  Pleas  for 
Essex  County,  New  Jersey,  1828,  and  for  Passaic 
County,  New  Jersey,  1838;  Member  of  the  State  Con- 
stitutional Convention,  1844 ;  Associate  Justice  Su- 
preme Court  of  New  Jersey,  1848  to  1865 ;  died  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1865,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

FREDERICK  BEASLEY  OGDEN — grandson; 

born  July  20, 1827,  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1865;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1847  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1850  ;  Mayor  of  Hoboken,  1865  to  1866;  Judge  of  Ho- 
boken  District  Court,  March,  1877;  died  November  1, 
1893,  at  Hoboken,  New  Jersey. 

HENRY  FORD  OGDEN — great-grandson; 

born  August  27,  1859,  at  Hoboken,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted February  22,  1894. 


105 

BREVET    BRIGADIER-GENERAL    MATTHIAS 

OGDEN ; 

born  October  22,  1754,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ; 
joined  the  army  at  Cambridge,  in  the  Expedition  to 
Canada,  and  was  wounded  at  Quebec,  December  31, 
1775  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  First  Battalion,  First  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  March  7,  1776; 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, November  28,  1776  ;  Colonel,  January  1,  1777  ; 
Colonel  of  the  First  Regiment ;  taken  prisoner  at 
Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey,  October  5,  1780 ;  granted 
leave  of  absence  by  Congress,  April  21,  1783,  to  visit 
Europe  ;  discharged  at  the  close  of  the  war  ;  Brigadier- 
General  by  brevet,  September  30,  1783  ;  Member  of  the 
Council  of  New  Jersey,  1785 ;  Presidential  Elector, 
1789;  died  March  31,  1791,  at  Elizabethtown,  New 
Jersey. 

GEORGE  MONTGOMERY  OGDEN — son; 

born  in  1779,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1800 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1795 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1798  ;  died  July  4,  1824,  at  New  Orleans,  Louisiana. 

FRANCIS  BARBER  OGDEN — son; 

born  March  3, 1783,  at  Boonton,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1825 ;  Volunteer  Aide-de-Camp  to  General 
Jackson  at  the  Battle  of  New  Orleans,  January  8,  1815; 
United  States  Consul  at  Liverpool,  England,  1829  to 
1840 ;  Consul  at  Bristol,  England,  1840  to  1857  ;  died 
July  4,  1857,  at  Bristol,  England. 

FRANCIS  BARBER  OGDEN — grandson; 

born  April  20,  1839,  at  Seacombe,  Chester  County, 
England  ;  admitted  July  4,  1867;  United  States  Deputy 
Consul  at  Bristol,  England,  1855  to  1858 ;  Assistant 
Secretary  of  the  Society,  1873  to  1875  ;  Secretary,  1875 
to  1891 ;  died  January  30,  1891,  at  New  York  City. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  BENAJAH  OSMUN ; 

born  in  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey ;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant and  Quartermaster,  Second  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  January 
1,  1777  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  Sep- 
tember 12,  1778  ;  taken  prisoner  at  Charleston,  April 
25,  1780;  Lieutenant,  January  1,  1781;  Captain  by 
brevet,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war ;  died  in 
1815,  in  Natchez,  Mississippi. 

WILLIAM  CASE  OSMUN — grand-nephew; 

born  June  25,  1822,  near  Asbury,  Hunterdon  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4,  1887. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  JOHN  PECK  ; 

Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  2'.), 
1776;  First  Lieutenant,  November  10,  1777;  Regi- 
mental Paymaster,  Second  Regiment,  April  2,  1778  ; 
Lieutenant,  ditto,  January  1,  1781  ;  retained  in  New 
Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783  ;  Captain  by  brevet,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1783  ;  served  to  November  3,  1783. 


CAPTAIN  ROBERT  PEMBERTON ; 

Lieutenant,  Spencer's  Additional  Regiment,  Continental 
Army,  June  14,  1777  ;  Regimental  Adjutant,  October 
10,  1777;  Captain,  January  1,  1778;  retired  January 
1,  1781  ;  Secretary  of  the  New  York  State  Society  of 
the  Cincinnati,  1785  to  1788  ;  died  in  1788. 


107 

BREVET     CAPTAIN     WILLIAM     SAXDFORD    PEX- 

XIXGTOX ; 

born  in  1757,  at  Xewark,  Xew  Jersey;  Sergeant,  Second 
Regiment,  Continental  Artillery,  March  7,  1777;  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant,  September  12,  1778;  served  to  June, 
17S3;  Lieutenant,  United  States  Infantry,  August  18, 
1  7S4 ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  resigned  Xovember  24,  1785 ; 
Member  of  the  Council  and  General  Assembly  of  Xew 
Jersey;  Associate  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Xew  Jersey,  February  23,  1804 ;  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  1813  to  1815  ;  Judge  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court,  1815  to  1826;  died  September  17,  1826, 
at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

JAMES  ADOLPHUS  PEXXIXGTOX — grandson; 

born  November  7,  1814  ;  admitted  July  4,  1836;  Mem- 
ber of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature,  1855  to  1856 ;  died 
December  6,  1858. 

WILLIAM  PEXXIXGTOX — son ; 

born  May  4,  1796,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey  ;  elected  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Society  July  4,  1831 ;  admit- 
ted to  hereditary  membership  July  4, 1859  ;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Princeton  College,  1813;  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Princeton  College,  1816;  Clerk  of  the  United 
States  District  Court  for  Xew  Jersey,  1815  to  1826  ; 
Member  of  the  Xew  Jersey  House  of  Assembly,  1828; 
Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1833  to  1839 ; 
Governor  of  Xew  Jersey,  1837  to  1843;  Trustee  of 
Princeton  College,  1848  to  1862;  Member  of  Congress 
from  Xew  Jersey,  1858 ;  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, 1859  to  1861  ;  died  February  16,  1862,  at 
Xewark,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  SAXDFORD  PEXXIXGTOX — grandson; 

born  March  28, 1820,  at  Xewark,  Xew  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1865 ;  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Legation 
to  France,  1861  to  1865;  died  September  4,  1868. 


108 

EDWARD  RIGGS  PENNINGTON — grandson; 

born  February  21,  1841,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  18G9;  Captain  of  the  Twelfth  United 
States  Infantry,  October  4,  1861;  resigned  December 
20,  1862 ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  House  of  Assem- 
bly, 1881 ;  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1879  to 
1884;  died  June  14,  1884,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

WILLIAM  PENNINGTON — great-grandson ; 

born  January  11,  1866,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1887. 


CAPTAIN  JONATHAN  PHILLIPS ; 

born  December  16,  1744,  at  Lawrenceville,  New 
Jersey ;  Captain,  Fourth  Regiment,  Hunterdon  County, 
New  Jersey,  Militia;  Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Bat- 
talion, First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental 
Line,  November  20,  1775;  First  Lieutenant,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29,  1776; 
Captain,  Second  Regiment,  December  1,  1777;  served 
to  April,  1783;  died  June  29,  1801,  at  Lawrenceville, 
New  Jersey. 

HORATIO  GATES  PHILLIPS — sow; 

born  December  21,  1783,  at  Lawrenceville,  New  Jer- 
sey ;  admitted  July  4,  1806  ;  died  November  10,  1859, 
at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

JONATHAN  DICKINSON  PHILLIPS — grandson; 

born  December  31,  1812,  at  Dayton,  Ohio  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1860  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1831  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1834;  died  February  23,  1871,  at  Dayton,  Ohio. 

HORACE  PHILLIPS — great-grandson  ; 

born  April  9,  1847,  at  Dayton,  Ohio  ;  admitted  July 
4,  1879;  was  graduated  from  Yale  University,  1868; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  University,  1891. 


109 

CAPTAIN   JACOB   PIATT; 

born  May  16,  1747  ;  admitted  July  5,  1785 ;  Ensign, 
First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinental Line,  December  15,  1775  ;  Second  Lieutenant, 
First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29, 
1776 ;  First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant,  January  10, 
1777  ;  Captain-Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  February 
2,  1779 ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  Captain,  October  26, 
1779;  resigned  March  11,  1780;  Judge  of  Circuit 
Court  in  Kentucky,  1811 ;  died  August  14,  1834,  in 
Boone  County,  Kentucky. 

JOHN  HENRY  PIATT — great-grandson; 

born  November  17,  1833,  at  Norwich,  Connecticut ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1876  ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  College, 
1855  ;  First  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant,  First  Regiment, 
Ohio  Volunteer  Cavalry,  October  11, 1861 ;  Captain  and 
Aide-de-Camp,  United  States  Volunteers,  July  11, 
1862  ;  Brevet  Major,  United  States  Volunteers,  March 
13,  1865  ;  Captain,  Thirty-first  United  States  Infantry, 
July  28,  1866 ;  resigned  therefrom,  May  13,  1869. 


CAPTAIN   WILLIAM   PIATT; 

born  in  1745,  probaby  in  New  Jersey ;  Private  and 
Sergeant,  First  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jer- 
sey Continental  Line,  December,  1775 ;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  August 
20, 1776  ;  First  Lieutenant,  January  15, 1777;  Captain, 
First  Regiment,  March  11,  1780,  and  served  to  April, 
1783 ;  killed  in  action  with  Miami  Indians,  at  St. 
Clair's  defeat,  in  Northwest  Territory,  battlefield  now 
in  Darke  County,  Ohio,  November  4,  1791. 

JOHN  BEAR  PIATT — grandson; 

born  November  11, 1805,  near  Waterloo,  Seneca  County, 
New  York  ;  admitted  July  4, 1876  ;  died  June  18, 1893, 
at  Helena,  Montana. 


110 

JOHN  JAMES  PIATT — great-grandson  ; 

born  March  1,  1835,  at  James'  Mills,  Dearborn  County, 
Indiana ;  admitted  February  22,  1894  ;  United  States 
Consul  at  Cork,  Ireland,  April  14,  1882,  to  March  31, 
1893,  and  at  Dublin,  Ireland,  April  1,  1893,  to  August 
31,  1893. 


MAJOR   JOHN   POLHEMUS; 

born  May  25,  1738,  at  Hopewell,  Hunterdon  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  Captain,  First  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  22, 1775 ; 
Captain,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1776 ;  Major,  ditto,  in  1778  ;  taken  prisoner, 
confined  in  old  Sugar  House  Prison,  New  York  City, 
released  on  parole,  and  did  not  return  to  the  First 
Regiment ;  died  May  25,  1834,  the  ninety-fourth  anni- 
versary of  his  birth,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

JOHN  HART  POLHEMUS — grandson; 

born  July  19,  1799,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ; 
admitted  July  4,  1860 ;  died  August  17,  1880,  in  San 
Jos6,  California. 

EDWARD  POLHEMUS — great-grandson  ; 

born  September  17,  1839,  in  Lima,  Peru ;  admitted 
July  4,  1884 ;  died  November  25,  1897,  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, California. 


CAPTAIN   NATHANIEL   FITZ   RANDOLPH; 

born  March  1,  1748,  in  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey ; 
died  before  the  organization  of  the  Society  ;  Captain, 
First  Regiment,  Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia  ; 
wounded  and  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Long 
Island,  August  27, 1776  ;  Naval  Officer,  Eastern  District 
of  New  Jersey,  December  12,  1778  ;  taken  from  his  bed 


Ill 

by  Tories  at  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey,  February  8, 1779, 
and  imprisoned  in  New  York  ;  exchanged  May  26, 
1780  ;  died  July  23,  1780,  at  Woodbridge,  New  Jersey, 
of  wound  received  in  the  battle  of  Springfield,  June 
23,  1780. 

JOHN  CODDINGTON  KINNEY — great-grandson  ; 

born  February  21,  1839,  at  Nassau,  New  York  ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1884 ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  Uni- 
versity, 1861 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  University, 
1872 ;  Sergeant,  Company  K,  Thirteenth  Regiment, 
Connecticut  Volunteer  Infantry,  January  1,  1862 ; 
Second  Lieutenant,  Company  A,  ditto,  September  1, 
1862  ;  wounded  April  14,  1863,  at  Irish  Bend,  Louisi- 
ana ;  First  Lieutenant  of  Company  I,  ditto,  March  17, 
1864  ;  Signal  Officer,  May  1,  1864  ;  relieved  July  10, 
1864,  and  transferred  to  Company  B,  Thirteenth  Bat- 
talion, Connecticut  Volunteers,  December  29,  1864 ; 
resigned  June  21, 1865  ;  United  States  Marshal  for  Con- 
necticut, 1882  to  1886  ;  Postmaster,  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, January  15,  1890  ;  Major  Commanding,  Governor's 
Foot  Guard,  January,  1882,  to  1891 ;  died  April  22, 
1891,  at  Hartford,  Connecticut. 


MAJOR   SAMUEL   READING; 

First  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  December  18, 
1775  ;  taken  prisoner  at  Three  Rivers,  Canada,  June  8, 
1776 ;  exchanged  December,  1776 ;  Captain,  Second 
Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  January  1,  1777 ; 
Major,  First  Regiment,  December  29,  1781 ;  retained 
in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to 
June,  1783. 


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LIEUTENANT  ANTHONY   RECKLESS; 

born  August  13,  1760,  at  Recklesstown,  New  Jersey  ; 
Lieutenant,  Regiment  Sappers  and  Miners,  Continental 
Army,  1780,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war ;  died 
in  1817,  at  Recklesstown,  New  Jersey. 

JOSEPH  WARREN  RECKLESS — son; 

born  in  1787,  at  Recklesstown,  New  Jersey ;  admitted 
July  4,  1818  ;  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1829 
to  1833  ;  Treasurer,  1833  to  1838  ;  died  January  27, 
1849,  at  Plainfield,  New  Jersey. 

ANTHONY  RECKLESS — grandson ; 

bom  May  11,  1821,  at  Ellisdale,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  admitted  July  4,  1883  ;  Member  of  New 
Jersey  Senate,  1861  to  1863,  and  President  of  Senate 
in  1863;  died  January  24,  1889,  at  Red  Bank,  New 
Jersey. 

WILLIAM  MCKNIGHT  RECKLESS — great-grandson; 

born  July  28,  1848,  in  Hightstown,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1889  ;  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
1895. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  JOHN  REED; 

Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  February  17,  1777  ;  Second 
Lieutenant,  October  3,  1777  ;  First  Lieutenant,  Third 
Battalion,  February  1,  1779  ;  served  in  Indian  cam- 
paign of  1779  ;  transferred  to  First  Regiment,  January 
1,  1781 ;  took  part  in  the  Virginia  campaign  of  1781, 
and  served  to  April,  1783  ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  Captain, 
United  States  Army ;  killed  in  action  with  Miami 
Indians,  November  4,  1791. 


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ENSIGN   JOHN   REED; 

born  July  6,  1742,  near  New  Market,  New  Jersey  ;  Ser- 
geant, Spencer's  Regiment,  Continental  Army,  Febru- 
ary 1,  1777  ;  Ensign,  May  12,  1779  ;  retired,  January 
1,  1781 ;  Lieutenant  in  the  Levies  of  1791 ;  wounded 
at  St.  Glair's  defeat,  near  Fort  Recovery,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 4, 1791  ;  Lieutenant,  United  States  Infantry,  March 
16,  1792  ;  assigned  to  Third  Sub-Legion,  September  4, 
1792  ;  Captain,  November  12,  1793 ;  honorably  dis- 
charged November  1,  1796 ;  died  June  16,  1829,  at 
New  Market,  New  Jersey. 

JAMES  GRANT  REED — great-grandson ; 

born  March  16,  1848,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey ;  admit- 
ted July  5,  1886. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   JOHN   REUCASTLE ; 

born  at  Paisley,  Scotland ;  Private,  Corporal,  Sergeant, 
Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Con- 
tinenal  Line,  December,  1775 ;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  1, 
1777 ;  First  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment,  April  7, 
1779  ;  transferred  to  First  Regiment,  January  1,  1781, 
and  served  to  April,  1783  ;  Captain  by  brevet ;  died 
July  16,  1808,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  JONATHAN  RHEA ; 

born  April  12,  1758,  in  Momnouth  County,  New  Jer- 
sey ;  Ensign,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  January  1,  1777  ;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  April  1,  1778  ;  Lieuten- 


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ant,  Second  Regiment,  January  1,  1781  ;  Captain  by 
brevet ;  retained  in  the  New  Jersey  Battalion  to  April 
1783,  and  served  until  November  3,  1783  ;  Clerk  of 
Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey,  1784  ;  Clerk  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  1793  to  1807  ;  Presi- 
dential Elector,  1796 ;  Quartermaster-General  of  New 
Jersey,  1813  to  1815 ;  died  February  3,  1815,  at  Tren- 
ton, New  Jersey. 

RICHARD  IMLAY  RHEA — son; 

born  in  1783,  at  Freehold,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted  July 
4, 1816  ;  died  December  12, 1816,  at  Charleston  Harbor, 
South  Carolina. 

JAMES  WALTER  WALL — grandson; 

born  May  20,  1820,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1870 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College 
in  1838  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1841 ;  United  States  Commissioner  in  Bankruptcy, 
184.7  ;  Mayor  of  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  1850  ;  United 
States  Senator,  1863 ;  died  June  9,  1872,  at  Elizabeth, 
New  Jersey. 

PETER  DUMONT  VROOM — great-grandson; 

born  April  18,  1842,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey  ;  admitted 
July  4,  1874 ;  was  graduated  from  Rensselaer  Poly- 
technic Institute,  1862  ;  First  Lieutenant  and  Adju- 
tant, First  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Infantry, 
August  12,  1862 ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  South 
Mountain,  Maryland,  September  14,  1862 ;  Major, 
Second  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volunteer  Cavalry, 
August  28,  1863 ;  Acting  Assistant  Inspector-General, 
cavalry  forces,  Military  Division  of  West  Mississippi, 
March  13  to  August  8,  1865 ;  Brevet  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  and  Brevet  Colonel,  United  States  Volunteers, 
March  13,  1865,  for  gallant  and  meritorious  services 
during  the  war ;  honorably  discharged  October  24, 


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1865;  Second  Lieutenant,  Third  Cavalry,  United  States 
Army,  February  23,  1866;  First  Lieutenant,  July  28, 
1866  :  Regimental  Commissary,  December  1,  1866,  to 
May  27,  1867;  Regimental  Adjutant,  December  28, 
1868,  to  May  15,  1871 ;  Captain,  May  17,  1876  ;  Major 
and  Inspector-General,  December  10,  1888 ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  and  Inspector-Generol,  January  2,  1895. 

SURGEON   JOHN  'BERRIEN   RIKER ; 

born  in  1738  ;  Surgeon,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Es- 
tablishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November 
28,  1776;  retired  September  26,  1780;  died  September 
5,  1794. 

JOHN  JACKSON  RIKER — great-grandnephew ; 

born  April  6,  1858,  in  Newtown,  Queens  County,  Long 
Island ;  admitted  July  4,  1889 ;  Aide-de-Camp,  First 
Brigade  Staff,  National  Guard,  State  of  New  York, 
August  7, 1879,  to  October  25,  1883  ;  Ordnance  Officer, 
Brigade  Inspector  of  Rifle  Practice  and  Brigade  In- 
spector, ditto ;  Major,  Twelfth  Regiment,  ditto,  Janu- 
ary 9,  1884,  to  January  14,  1889. 


SURGEON   ALEXANDER   ROSS; 

born  in  1713  ;  died  before  the  organization  of  the  Soci- 
ety ;  graduate  in  Medicine,  University  of  Edinburgh, 
1754 ;  Hospital  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Continental 
Army ;  died  May  10, 1780,  in  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  CLARK  SIMS — great-great-grandson  ; 

born  September  12,  1845,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  admitted  July  4,  1875  ;  was  graduated  from 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  June,  1865 ;  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  June, 
1868 ;  Trustee  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
March,  1885. 


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MAJOR   JOHN   ROSS; 

born  March  2,  1752,  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey; 
Captain,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  February  9,  1776  ;  Captain, 
Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29, 
1776  ;  Major,  Second  Regiment,  April  7,  1779;  Brigade 
Major  and  Inspector,  New  Jersey  Brigade,  October, 
1779,  to  November,  1780  ;  retired  January  1,  1781 ; 
died  September  7,  1796. 

ALEXANDER  Ross — son; 

born  August  13,  1785,  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1807;  died  October,  1808,  at  Mount 
Holly,  New  Jersey. 

CLIFFORD  STANLEY  SIMS — great-grandson ; 

born  February  17,  1839,  at  Emeline  Furnace,  Dauphin 
County,  Pennsylvania  ;  admitted  July  4,  1861 ;  Assist- 
ant Paymaster,  United  States  Navy,  1862  ;  Colonel  and 
Judge-Advocate-General  of  Arkansas,  September  13, 
1863  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Fourth  Regiment,  Arkansas 
Volunteers,  1864  ;  taken  prisoner,  and  on  parole  to  the 
end  of  the  war  ;  Delegate  to  the  Constitutional  Conven- 
tion of  Arkansas,  1867  to  1868  ;  Commissioner  to  digest 
the  statutes,  February  12,  1868  ;  Member  of  the  Arkan- 
sas House  of  Assembly  and  Senate,  1868  and  1869 ; 
Brigadier-General  in  the  Militia,  July  14,  1868  ;  United 
States  Consul  at  Prescott,  Canada,  1869  to  1878  ;  Presi- 
dent of  the  Society,  1883  to  1896  ;  Judge  of  the  New 
Jersey  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals,  1894  to  1896;. 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Civil  Laws,  St.  Stephen's  College, 
New  York,  1895  ;  died  March  3,  1896,  at  Trenton,  New 
Jersey. 

CHARLES  ABERCROMBIE  SIMS — great-great-grandson; 

born  June  5,  1866,  near  Memphis,  Tennessee ;  admit- 
ted July  4,  1896. 


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LIEUTENANT  THOMAS  RYERSON ; 

born  November  12,  1753,  at  South  Branch,  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey;  Ensign,  First  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Continental  Infantry,  October  27,  1775;  En- 
sign, Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment.  New  Jersey 
Continental  Line,  November  20,  1775;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, July  18,  1776;  taken  prisoner  at  Fort  Wash- 
ington, November  18,  1776;  died  October  2,  1835,  at 
Chester,  Pennsylvania. 

ARTHUR  RYERSOX — grandson; 

born  January  12,  1851,  at  Chicago,  Illinois;  admitted 
July  4,  1883 ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  College,  1871  ; 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  Columbia  College,  1873; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  College,  1874. 


SURGEON   MOSES  SCOTT; 

born  in  1738,  at  Neshaminy,  Bucks  County,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Surgeon,  Second  Regiment,  Middlesex  County, 
New  Jersey  Militia,  February  14,  1776;  Surgeon  in 
General  Hospital,  Continental  Army,  June  1,  1777; 
Hospital  Physician  and  Surgeon,  Middle  District, 
October  6,  1780;  resigned  December  13,  1780;  died 
December  28,  1821,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 

JOSEPH  WARREN  SCOTT — son; 

born  November  21,  1778;  admitted  July  4,  1825;  was 
graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1795;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1798  ;  Lieuten- 
ant, Third  Regiment,  Middlesex  County,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  May  24,  1808 ;  Captain,  June  24,  1811  ; 
Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Deputy  Adjutant-General  of 
the  Third  Division,  May  21,  1818;  Colonel,  In- 
dependent Battalion,  Middlesex  Brigade,  February 


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20,  1829;  Presidential  Elector,  1825;  Vice  President 
of  the  Society,  1840  to  1842;  President,  1844  to  1871  ; 
Assistant  Treasurer-General,  1832  to  1838;  Treasurer- 
General,  1838  to  1871 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws, 
Princeton  College,  1869;  died  April  27,  1871,  at  New 
Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 

JOSEPH  GRIFFITHS  SCOTT — grandson; 

born  August  12,  1809,  at  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1871 ;  Probate  Judge,  Jersey  County, 
Illinois,  1839  to  1847 ;  died  October  10,  1884,  at  Jersey- 
ville,  Illinois. 

CHARLES  SMITH  SCOTT — grandson; 

born  June  6,  1819;  admitted  July  4,  1885;  Judge  of 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  Middlesex  County,  New  Jer- 
sey, 1882  to  1887;  died  December  24,  1893. 

WILLIAM  EARLE  DODGE  SCOTT — great-grandson; 

born  April  22,  1852,  in  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  admitted 
February  22,  1894 ;  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1873  ;  Curator  Museum  National  History,  Prince- 
ton College,  1875  to  1882. 


COLONEL   NATHANIEL   SCUDDER ; 

born  May  10,  1733,  near  Monmouth  Court  House,. 
New  Jersey ;  died  before  the  organization  of  the 
Society  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1751  ; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1754 ; 
Member  of  Freehold,  Monmouth  County,  Committee 
of  Observation,  March  6,  1775;  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
First  Regiment,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey  Militia, 
1775;  Colonel,  November  28,  1776;  Colonel,  command- 
ing regiment,  New  Jersey  State  Troops  until  he  was 


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killed  ;  Member  of  the  Council  of  Safety  of  New  Jersey, 
March  18,  1777  ;  Member  of  the  Continental  Congress, 
November  30,  1777,  and  again  elected  thereto  Novem- 
ber 6,  1779  ;  signer  of  the  Articles  of  Confederation  in 
Congress,  November  26,  1778;  Trustee  of  Princeton 
College,  1778  to  1782  ;  killed  October  15,  1781,  in  fight 
at  Black  Point,  near  Shrewsbury,  Monniouth  County, 
New  Jersey  ;  buried  with  military  honors  in  Tennent 
Church  graveyard ;  the  only  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress  killed  in  battle  during  the  Revolutionary  War. 

WILLIAM  SCUDDER  STRYKER — great-yreat-grandnepliew; 

born  June  6,  1838,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey ;  elected  an 
honorary  member  of  the  Society,  July  4,  1876 ;  admit- 
ted to  hereditary  membership  July  4,  1888 ;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Princeton  College,  1858 ;  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Princeton  College,  1861 ;  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp, 
Staff  of  Major-General  Quincy  A.  Gillmore,  United 
States  Volunteers,  July  8,  1863;  brevetted  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  for  faithful  and  meritorious  services  during  the 
war,  November  24,  1865 ;  resigned  June  30,  1866 ; 
Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Aide-de-Camp,  Staff  of  Gover- 
nor Ward,  New  Jersey,  January  10,  1867 ;  Brigadier- 
General  and  Adjutant-General  of  New  Jersey,  April  12, 
1867 ;  brevetted  Major-General  for  long  and  meritorious 
services  as  Adjutant-General  of  the  State,  February  9, 
1874 ;  President  New  Jersey  Historical  Society,  January 
26,  1897;  President  of  the  Trenton  Battle  Monument 
Association,  May  12,  1884 ;  Trustee  of  the  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  May  6,  1896  ;  President  of  the 
Society,  1896. 


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ENSIGN   CORNELIUS   RIKER   SEDAM ; 

Ensign,  First  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line, 
May  30,  1782,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the  war;  En- 
sign, United  States  Infantry  Regiment,  March  17, 1786 ; 
Ensign,  First  Infantry,  United  States  Army,  September 
29, 1789;  Lieutenant,  October  22,  1790;  Captain,  April 
23,  1792;  assigned  to  First  Sub-Legion,  September  4, 
1792;  honorably  discharged  September  1,  1796;  died 
May  9,  1823,  in  Sedamsville,  Hamilton  County,  Ohio. 

WALKER  YEATMAN  SEDAM — -grandson; 

born  August  1,  1839,  at  Sedamsville,  Hamilton  County, 
Ohio;  admitted  July  4,  1888  ;  Acting  Volunteer  Third 
Assistant  Engineer,  United  States  Navy,  October  1, 
1862 ;  Acting  First  Assistant  Engineer,  United  States 
Navy,  June  10,  1863  ;  resigned  from  the  service  May 
10,  1864. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  SEELEY ; 

Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  October  4, 1777;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, October  29, 1778;  First  Lieutenant,  First  Regi- 
ment, March  11,  1780;  Captain  by  brevet;  retained  in 
the  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  until 
the  close  of  the  war;  Brigadier-General  in  the  Militia 
of  Pennsylvania. 


COLONEL  ISRAEL  SHREVE ; 

born  December  17,  1739,  in  Burlington  County,  New 
Jersey;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Second  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1775 ;  Colonel,  Second  Battalion,  Second  Estab- 
lishment, November  28,  1776;  Colonel,  Second  Regi- 


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ment;  retired  January  31, 1781 ;  Member  of  the  Council 
of  New  Jersey;  died  December  14,  1799,  in  Fayette 
County,  Pennsylvania. 

WILLIAM  RIDGWAY  SHREVE — -great-grandson; 

born  August  7,  1830,  in  Mahoning  County,  Ohio;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1884;  died  in  1892. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  SAMUEL  MOORE  SHUTE  ; 

born  in  1761,  in  Salem  County,  New  Jersey;  Ensign, 
Second  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey 
Continental  Line,  August  26, 1776;  Second  Lieutenant^ 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  January  1, 
1778;  First  Lieutenant,  Second  Regiment,  April  8, 
1780;  Captain  by  brevet;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Bat- 
talion, April,  1783,  and  served  to  November  3,  1783; 
Major  of  Brigade,  Cumberland  County,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  War  of  1812;  died  August  31,  1816,  at  Bridge- 
ton,  New  Jersey. 

ENOCH  SHUTE — brother; 

born  March  6,  1765,  in  Salem  County,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1818;  died  November  29,  1823,  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

WILLIAM  SHUTE — nephew; 

born  September  18,  1795,  in  Salem  County,  New  Jer- 
sey; admitted  July  4,  1826;  died  November  14,  1882, 
at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

SAMUEL  MOORE  SHUTE — grandnephew  ; 

born  January  24,  1823,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania ; 
admitted  July  4,  1883 ;  was  graduated  from  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  1844;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  1847 ;  Professor  of  Greek  and 


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Latin  Languages,  Columbian  College,  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  1859;  transferred  to  the  chair  of 
English  Language  and  Literature,  1865 ;  resigned  1895 
and  elected  Professor  Emeritus;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  Mercer  University,  Georgia,  1869;  Chaplain 
of  the  Society,  March  4,  1884;  Chaplain  of  the  General 
Society,  May  15,  1884. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   WILLIAM   SHUTE ; 

born  March  9,  1750,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey ; 
Captain  and  Paymaster,  Second  Battalion,  First  Estab- 
lishment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1775;  Captain  and  Paymaster,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  November  28,  1776  ;  resigned 
April  2,  1778;  Ensign  and  Paymaster,  Second  Regi- 
ment, June  17,  1780;  Captain  by  brevet;  retained  in 
New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to  No- 
vember 3,  1783;  Major  of  the  Eleventh  United  States 
Infantry,  January  8,  1799 ;  honorably  discharged  June 
15,  1800;  Vice  President  of  the  Society,  1838  to  1840; 
President,  1840  to  1841 ;  ATice  President-General,  1839 
to  1841;  died  August  12,  1841,  in  New  York  City. 

THEODORE  SHUTE — son; 

born  March  11,  1806,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1885;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1826 ;  died  July  20,  1885,  in  New  Orleans, 
Louisiana. 

JAMES  DA  VIES  SHUTE — grandson; 

born  September  15,  1832,  at  New  Iberia,  Ittakapa 
District,  Louisiana;  admitted  July  5,  1886. 


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LIEUTENANT  JONATHAN   SNOWDEN ; 

Ensign,  First  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  New 
Jersey  Continental  Line,  April  26,  1777 ;  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, First  Regiment,  April  13,  1778;  First  Lieu- 
tenant, October  26, 1779;  transferred  to  Lee's  Battalion 
of  Light  Dragoons  in  1780;  Aide-de-Camp  to  Brigadier- 
General  Edward  Hand,  of  Pennsylvania,  May,  1781; 
served  to  the  close  of  the  war;  Captain  in  the  United 
States  Levies  in  1791 ;  Military  Storekeeper,  United 
States  Arm}-,  May  5,  1808;  died  December  25,  1824. 


COLONEL  OLIVER  SPENCER; 

bom  October  6,  1736,  at  East  Haddam,  Connecticut; 
First  Major,  First  Regiment,  Essex  County,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  February  23,  1776;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  No- 
vember 28,  1776;  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Colonel  Ford's 
Battalion,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  November  27, 
1776;  Colonel,  February  3,  1777;  Colonel,  Spencer's 
Regiment,  Continental  Army,  January  15,  1777;  re- 
tired January  1,  1781;  Probate  Judge  in  Ohio;  died 
January  22,  1811,  at  Columbia,  Ohio. 

OLIVER  HATFIELD  SPENCER — grandson; 

born  September  12,  1781,  at  Elizabetntown,  New  Jer- 
sey; admitted  July  4,  1811;  Chief  Surgeon,  United 
States  Army,  battle  of  New  Orleans;  died  May  19r 
1824,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey. 

ROBERT  DAYTON  SPENCER — great-grandson; 

born  October  26,  1814,  at  Natchez,  Mississippi;  admit- 
ted July  4,  1836;  Clerk  of  the  United  States  District 
Court  for  New  Jersey,  1837 ;  Treasurer  of  the  Society, 
1838  to  1854;  died  July  24,  1855,  at  Mount  Holly, 
New  Jersev, 


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WILLIAM  CHETWOOD  SPENCER — great-great-grandson; 

born  May  29,  1849,  at.  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  4, 1870;  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society, 
1884  to  1891;  Secretary  of  the  Society  from  1891  to 
1895  ;  died  October  2,  1897,  in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 


ENSIGN  MOSES  SPROWL ; 

Private,  Corporal  and  Sergeant,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber, 1775,  to  1781;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  June 
21,  1781;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April, 
1783,  and  served  to  November  3, 1783;  died  in  1820. 


COLONEL   CHARLES   STEWART; 

born  March  9,  1729,  at  Gortlee,  County  Donegal,  Ire- 
land; came  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  1750; 
Member  from  Hunterdon  County,  New  Jersey,  of  First 
Provincial  Congress  and  Council  of  Safety,  1775  to 
1776;  Colonel,  Battalion  Minute  Men,  New  Jersey 
Militia,  February  15,  1776;  Commissary-General,  New 
Jersey  Militia;  Commissary-General  of  Issues,  Conti- 
nental Army,  June  18,  1777,  to  July,  1782  ;  Delegate 
to  the  Continental  Congress,  1784  to  1785;  died  June 
24,  1800,  near  Flemington,  New  Jersey. 

CHARLES  SEAFORTH  STEWART — great-grandson; 

born  April  11,  1823,  north  latitude  8°  30',  west 
longitude  134°,  Pacific  Ocean;  admitted  July  4,  1890; 
Cadet  United  States  Military  Academy,  September  1, 
1842,  to  July  1,  1846;  Second  Lieutenant,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  United  States  Army,  July  1,  1846;  First 
Lieutenant,  July  1,  1853;  Captain,  July  1,  1860;  Major, 
March  3,  1863;  Brevet  Lieutenant-Colonel,  February 


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25,  1865;  Brevet  Colonel,  March  13,  1865,  declined; 
Lieutenant-Colonel,  March  7,  1867;  Colonel,  June  30, 
1882 ;  retired  September  16,  1886,  at  his  own  request, 
after  more  than  forty  years'  service  as  a  commissioned 
officer. 


CAPTAIN   RICHARD   STITES ; 

born  November  8,  1747  ;  died  before  the  organization  of 
the  Society ;  was  graduated  from  Rhode  Island  College, 
Warren,  Rhode  Island,  1769 ;  Captain,  First  Battalion 
Somerset  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  February  9, 
1776;  Captain,  Colonel  Stephen  Hunt's  Battalion,  Gen- 
eral Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  July  5, 
1776  ;  severely  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Long  Island, 
August  27,  1776 ;  died  September  16,  1776,  at  Eliza- 
bethtown,  New  Jersey,  of  wounds  received  in  action. 

RICHARD  MONTGOMERY  STITES — great-grandson  ; 

born  July  31,  1837,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey  ; 
admitted  July  4,  1889 ;  died  March  11,  1896,  at  Mor- 
ristown, New  Jersey. 

RICHARD  WAYNE  STITES — great-great-grandson; 

born  March  8,  1861,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey ;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1896. 


SURGEON  EBENEZER  STOCKTON; 

born  in  1759,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey;  admitted  July 
4,  1789;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1780; 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College,  1783  ;  Sur- 
geon's Mate  in  General  Hospital,  Continental  Army, 
September  20,  1777;  Surgeon,  New  Hampshire  Conti- 
nental Line,  July  10,  1782;  died  December  9,  1837,  at 
Princeton,  New  Jersey. 


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ROBERT  STOCKTON — son; 

born  January  9,  1819,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1847 ;  Major,  New  Jersey  Militia ;  died 
February  28,  1889,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 

ROBERT  NEWBURY  STOCKTON — grandson; 

born  February  7,  1853,  at  Plainsboro,  Middlesex 
County,  New  Jersey;  admitted  July  4,  1889. 


CAPTAIN  JOHN  STOTESBURY  ; 

an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania;  transferred  from 
the  Pennsylvania  Society,  July  4,  1793;  Ensign,  Sec- 
ond Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Continental  Line;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Eleventh  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Conti- 
nental Line,  September  30,  1776;  prisoner  of  war  in 
New  York;  First  Lieutenant,  April  9,  1777;  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Brandywine,  September  11,  1777 ;  trans- 
ferred as  First  Lieutenant  to  Eighth  Regiment,  Penn- 
sylvania Continental  Line;  Captain,  Sixth  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Continental  Line,  1781;  died  in  1800. 

EDWARD  NICOLL  DICKERSON — grandson; 

born  February  11,  1824,  at  Paterson,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  5,  1886 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Prince- 
ton College,  1885;  died  December  12,  1889,  at  Far 
Rockaway,  New  York. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN   ABRAHAM   STOUT; 

bom  July  14,  1754;  Sergeant,  Third  Battalion,  First 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  February 
7,1776;  Ensign,  October  29, 1776;  Second  Lieutenant, 
Second  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  November  29, 


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1776;  First  Lieutenant,  January  1,  177.S;  taken  pris- 
oner April  5,  1778;  exchanged  December  3,  1780; 
Captain  by  brevet ;  died  July  11,  1821. 

IRA  ABRAHAM  STOUT — grandson; 

born  March  6,1817,  in  Nashville,  Tennessee ;  admitted 
February,  22,  1895;  served  as  a  volunteer  in  the  Semi- 
nole  War;  Assistant  Commissary  of  Tennessee  during 
the  Mexican  War. 


BREVET  CAPTAIN  WESSEL  TEX  BROECK  STOUT; 
born  in  1758,  at  Middletown,  New  Jersey;  Second 
Lieutenant,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establishment, 
New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  1,  1777 ;  trans- 
ferred to  the  Third  Battalion;  wounded  on  Long 
Island,  December  10,  1777;  Ensign  of  the  Third  Regi- 
ment, January  1,  1781;  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment, 
May  12,  1782;  Captain  by  brevet;  retained  in  New 
Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served  to  November 
3,  1783;  Colonel,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey, 
Militia ;  died  November  11,  1818,  at  Allentown,  New 
Jersey. 

RICHARD  MONTGOMERY  STOUT — son; 

born  November  12,  1789,  at  Allentown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  5,  1824;  died  January  19,  1857,  at 
Allentown,  New  Jersey. 

WESSEL  TEN  BROECK  STOUT — grandson; 

born  April  25,  1826,  at  Allentown,  New  Jersey ; 
admitted  July  4,  1857 ;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Medicine,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  1846;  died 
February  26,  1862,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 


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WESSEL  TEN  BROECK  STOUT  IMLAY — great-grandson; 

born  August  23,  1850,  in  New  York  City;  admitted 
July  4,  1885;  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Society,  1894  ; 
Secretary,  1895 ;  Principal  Grammar  School  No.  72, 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   EDMUND   DISNEY   THOMAS; 

born  December  3,  1758,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
Private  and  Cadet,  Third  Battalion,  First  Establish- 
ment, January  to  July,  1776;  Ensign,  July  19,  1776; 
Ensign,  Third  Battalion,  Second  Establishment,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1776;  First  Lieutenant,  Third  Regiment, 
November  11,  1777;  transferred  to  the  Second  Regi- 
ment, January  1,  1781;  retained  in  New  Jersey  Bat- 
talion, April,  1783;  Captain  by  brevet,  September  30, 
1783,  served  to  November  3,  1783;  died  October  15, 
1816. 

GEORGE  CUMINS  THOMAS — brother; 

born  August  25,  1784,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1817;  Vice  President  of  the  Society, 
1848  to  1861;  died  July  29,  1861,  in  New  York  City. 

JAMES  PROVOOST  THOMAS — nephew; 

born  November  24,  1806,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jer- 
sey; admitted  July  4,  1863;  died  November  7,  1870, 
in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

ISAAC  CAROW  THOMAS — grandnephew; 

born  in  1840,  in  New  York  City;  admitted  July  4, 
1871;  died  May  31,  1885,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 

DAVID  PROVOOST  THOMAS — grandnephew; 

born  February  18,  1843,  in  New  York  City;  admitted 
July  4,  1885;  Assistant  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1887 
to  1890;  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  1891  to  1893;  died 
June  25,  1893,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 


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"VVi LLI AMSON  THOMAS — yreat-grandnephew  ; 

born  October  30,  1872,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1894. 


BREVET    LIEUTENANT-COLONEL    ANNE     LOUIS 

DE  TOUSARD ; 

born  in  1749;  an  original  member  of  the  Society  in 
France,  January  10,  1784;  Captain  of  Artillery,  Con- 
tinental Army;  acted  as  Aide-de-Camp  to  Major-Gen- 
eral Marquis  de  Lafayette ;  lost  his  right  arm  at  the 
fight  at  Quaker  Hill,  Rhode  Island,  August  29,  1778 ; 
received  the  thanks  of  Congress,  October  27,  1778, 
with  the  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  by  brevet  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States  ;  Major  of  Provincial  Regi- 
ment of  Artillery  de  Toul,  April  5,  1780;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  Regiment  du  Cap,  July  20,  1784;  Major, 
First  Regiment,  Artillerists  and  Engineers,  United 
States  Army,  February  26,  1795;  Lieutenant-Colonel, 
Second  Regiment,  Artillerists  and  Engineers,  United 
States  Army,  May  26,  1800;  honorably  discharged 
June  1,  1802;  died  May  8,  1817,  in  Paris,  France. 

ANTHONY  EUGENE  STOCKER — grandson; 

born  March  5,  1819,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania; 
admitted  July  4,  1888 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine, 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  1840 ;  Major  and  Surgeon, 
United  States  Volunteers,  August  3,  1861 ;  attached  to 
Second  Brigade,  Second  Division,  First  Corps,  Army 
of  the  Potomac;  in  charge  of  Chesapeake  General 
Hospital,  Fortress  Monroe;  Medical  Director,  District 
of  Key  West;  in  charge  prisoners'  hospital,  Elinira, 
New  York ;  bre vetted  Lieutenant-Colonel,  United  States 
Volunteers,  June  1,  1865,  for  faithful  and  meritorious 
services;  honorably  discharged  September  15,  1865; 
died  May  23,  1897,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 


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GEORGE  FITZ  RANDOLPH  STOCKER — great-grandson ; 

born  March  9,  1852,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ; 
admitted  July  5,  1897. 


ENSIGN   WILLIAM   TUTTLE ; 

born  November  5,  1760,  in  Whippany,  Morris  County, 
New  Jersey ;  Private,  Corporal,  Third  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  1776 ; 
Sergeant,  Third  Regiment,  February  1,  1779  ;  Ensign, 
June  21,  1781,  and  served  to  April,  1783;  died  January 
11,  1836,  near  Baskingridge,  Somerset  County,  New 
Jersey. 

JOSEPH  FARRAND  TUTTLE — grandnephew  ; 

born  March  12,  1818,  at  Bloomfield,  New  Jersey;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1884;  was  graduated  from  Marietta 
College,  Ohio,  1841 ;  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  1860,  and  Doctor  of  Laws,  Marietta  College, 
Ohio ;  President  of  Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville, 
Indiana,  1862  to  1892. 


SURGEON  JOHN  FRANCIS  VACHER ; 

born  in  France  ;  an  original  member  of  the  Society  of 
the  Cincinnati  in  the  State  of  New  York ;  transferred 
from  the  New  York  Society,  July  5,  1802 ;  was  gradu- 
ated at  the  College  of  Chirugie  de  Montpelier  ;  Surgeon, 
Fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Continental  Line,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1777;  served  to  January,  1781;  died  Decem- 
ber 4,  1807,  in  New  York  City. 


131 

SURGEON   GARRET   VAN   WAGENEN; 

born  March  15,  1756,  at  Kingston,  New  York  ;  an 
original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  State  of  New  York;  Surgeon,  Eighth  Regiment, 
Pennsylvania  Continental  Line;  died  April  12,  1792, 
at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 

JOHN  ISAAC  PLUME — nephew ; 

admitted  in  the  New  York  Society,  July  5,  1824, 
transferred  from  the  New  York  Society,  July  4,  1827 ; 
Major  in  the  New  Jersey  Militia;  Secretary  of  the  So- 
ciety, 1830  to  1833;  died  March,  1854. 


BREVET   CAPTAIN   GEORGE   WALKER; 

born  April  11,  1756,  near  Freehold,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey;  Second  Lieutenant,  Second  Battalion, 
Second  Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line, 
September  12,  1778 ;  Ensign,  Second  Regiment,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1780;  Lieutenant,  January  1,  1781;  re- 
tained in  New  Jersey  Battalion,  April,  1783,  and  served 
to  November,  1783;  Captain  by  brevet;  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Monmouth,  June  28,  1778;  took  part  in 
the  Indian  Campaign,  1779;  died  in  1793,  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania. 

AARON  FORMAN  WALKER — brother: 

born  March  29,  1759;  admitted  July  4,  1842;  Private, 
First  Regiment,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey,  Mili- 
tia; wounded  in  the  side  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth, 
June  28,  1778;  died  December  24,  1849,  at  Freehold, 
New  Jersey. 

JAMES  ROBINSON  WALKER — nephew; 

born  November  19,  1808,  in  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey;  admitted  July  5,  1869;  died  September  13, 
1890. 


132 

CAPTAIN   ABEL   WEYMAN ; 

Ensign,  Colonel  Van  Cortland's  Battalion,  General 
Hoard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops,  June  14r 
1776;  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  August 
27,  1776;  Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second  Establish- 
ment, New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  November  28, 
1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  February  17,  1777;  First 
Lieutenant,  November  1,  1777;  transferred  to  the 
Second  Regiment,  July  1,  1778;  Captain-Lieutenant, 
April  16,  1780;  transferred  to  the  First  Regiment, 
January  1,  1781 ;  Captain,  January  1,  1781,  and  served 
to  April,  1783;  died  in  1788. 


COLONEL   ANTHONY   WALTON   WHITE; 

born  July  7,  1750,  near  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey;; 
an  original  member  of  the  Society  of  the  Cincinnati  in 
the  State  of  New  York;  transferred  to  the  New  Jer- 
sey Society,  July  4,  1796 ;  Major  and  Aide-de-Camp  ta 
General  Washington,  October,  1775  ;  Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel, Third  Battalion,  First  Establishment,  New  Jersey 
Continental  Line,  February  9, 1776 ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,. 
Fourth  Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,  Continental  Army, 
February  13,  1777  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  Commandant, 
First  Regiment,  Light  Dragoons,  Continental  Army,, 
December  10,  1779;  Colonel,  February  16, 1780;  taken 
prisoner  at  Lanneau's  Ferry,  South  Carolina,  May  6, 1780 ;. 
prisoner  on  parole  to  the  close  of  the  war;  Brigadier- 
General,  United  States  Army,  July  19,  1798;  honor- 
ably discharged  June  15,  1800;  Surrogate  of  Middlesex 
County,  New  Jersey;  Adjutant-General  of  New  Jersey, 
1793  to  1803;  died  February  10,  1803,  at  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey. 


133 

BREVET   CAPTAIN  EPHRAIM  LOCKHART  WHIT- 
LOCK  ; 

born  in  1755;  Ensign,  Colonel  Forman's  Battalion, 
General  Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops, 
June  14, 1776;  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island, 
August  27,  1776;  Ensign,  Fourth  Battalion,  Second 
Establishment,  New  Jersey  Continental  Line,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1776;  Second  Lieutenant,  January  1,  1777; 
First  Lieutenant,  November  23,  1777;  transferred  to 
First  Regiment,  July  1,  1778;  retained  in  New  Jersey 
Battalion,  April,  1783;  Captain  by  brevet,  September 
30,  1783  ;  served  to  November,  1783 ;  Major,  Fifteenth 
Regiment,  United  States  Infantry,  May  1,  1812;  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, Fourteenth  Regiment,  United  States 
Infantry,  November  14,  1813  ;  honorably  discharged 
June  15,  1815;  died  September  22, 1825,  in  New  York 
City. 

WILLIAM  WHITLOCK — son; 

born  October  25,  1780,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey; 
admitted  July  4,  1827 ;  died  June  13,  1853,  in  New 
Orleans,  Louisiana. 

THOMAS  WHITLOCK — grandson; 

born  November  15, 1818,  in  New  York  City;  admitted 
July  4,  1885;  died  October  20,  1886,  in  New  York 
City. 

WILLIAM  HENRY  WHITLOCK — grandson; 

born  February  5,  1841,  at  Rising  Sun,  Indiana;  ad- 
mitted July  4,  1887. 


Bombers, 


HONORABLE   LEON  ABBETT  ; 

bom  October  8,  1836,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania  ; 
elected  July  4,  1893  ;  attorney  for  the  city  of  Hobokenr 
New  Jersey  ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  House  of 
Assembly,  1864  to  1865,  and  Speaker  thereof,  1868  to 
1869  ;  Member  of  New  Jersey  Senate,  1875  to  1877, 
and  President  thereof,  1877  ;  Governor  of  New  Jersey, 
1884  to  1887,  and  again  1890  to  1893  ;  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws,  Princeton  College  ;  Justice  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  New  Jersey,  1893  ;  died  January  17,  .1893,  at 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE   MERCER   BEASLEY ; 

born  in  1815,  in  Mercer  County,  New  Jersey;  elected 
February  22,  1895;  Chief  Justice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  New  Jersey,  1864 ;  re-appointed  in  1871,  in  1878, 
in  1885,  and  in  1892 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Prince- 
ton College,  1864  ;  died  February  19,  1897,  at  Trenton, 
New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE   JOSEPH   DORSETT   BEDLE; 

born  January  3,  1831,  at  Matawan,  Monmouth  County, 
New  Jersey;  elected  July  4,  1884;  was  graduated  from 
the  law  school  at  Ballston,  New  York  ;  Judge  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  March,  1865 ;  re-appointed 
in  1872 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1866 ;  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1875  to  1878 ;  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws,  Princeton  College,  1874 ;  died  October 
21,  1894,  in  New  York  City. 


135 

REAR   ADMIRAL   CHARLES   HENRY   BELL; 

born  August  15,  1798,  in  Xew  York  City;  elected 
July  4,  1871 ;  Midshipman,  United  States  Navy,  June 
"18,  1812;  served  in  the  war  with  Great  Britain  in  De- 
catur  Squadron  in  1813;  in  Chauncey's  Squadron,  on 
Lake  Ontario,  in  1814;  Lieutenant,  March  28,  1820; 
Commander,  September  10,  1840 ;  Captain,  August  12, 
1854 ;  retired  as  Captain,  December  21,  1861 ;  Com- 
modore on  the  retired  list,  July  16,  1862;  commanding 
Pacific  Squadron,  1862  to  1864;  Rear  Admiral  on 
retired  list,  July  25,  1866;  commanding  Xew  York 
Navy  Yard,  1865  to  1868  ;  died  February  19,  1875,  at 
Xew  Brunswick,  Xew  Jersey. 


REAR   ADMIRAL   CHARLES   STUART  BOGGS; 

born  January  28,  1811,  at  Xew  Brunswick,  Xew  Jer- 
sey ;  elected  July  4,  1863 ;  Midshipman,  L'nited  States 
Xavy,  Xovember  1,  1826;  Passed  Midshipman,  April 
28,  1832;  Lieutenant,  September  9,  1837  ;  Commander, 
September  14,  1855;  Captain,  July  16,  1862;  com- 
manded the  "Varuna"  at  the  passage  of  Forts  St. 
Philip  and  Jackson  and  capture  of  Xew  Orleans ;  Com- 
modore, July  25,  1866;  Rear  Admiral,  July  1,  1870; 
retired  January  28,  1872  ;  died  April  22,  1888,  at  Xew 
Brunswick,  Xew  Jersey. 


HONORABLE   ELIAS   BOUDIXOT ; 

born  May  2,  1740,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania; 
elected  September  23,  1783 ;  Trustee  of  Princeton 
College,  1772  to  1821 ;  Colonel  and  Commissary-General 
of  Prisoners,  Continental  Army,  May  15,  1777;  resigned 
May  11,  1778,  to  accept  office  as  Delegate  to  Continental 
Congress :  Member  of  Congress,  1778,  1779  and  1781 


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to  1784;  President  of  Congress,  November  4,  1782,  and 
as  such  signed  the  treaty  of  peace  with  Great  Britain ; 
Director  of  the  Mint  of  the  United  States,  1796  to 
1805;  died  October  24,  1821,  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  JACOB  BURNET ; 

elected  July  4,  1806 ;    admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  4,  1808.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


HONORABLE  LEWIS  CONDICT; 

born  March  3,  1777,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey; 
elected  July  4,  1828 ;  was  graduated  from  University 
of  Pennsylvania ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  Legisla- 
ture, 1805  to  1810  ;  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Assembly, 
1808  to  1810;  Member  of  Congress,  1811  to  1817,  and 
1821  to  1833;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1816;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1827  to  1861  ; 
Sheriff  of  Morris  County,  New  Jersey;  Presidential 
Elector,  1841 ;  died  May  26,  1862,  at  Morristown,  New 
Jersey. 


HONORABLE  JOHN  LAMBERT  CADWALADER  ; 
elected  July  4,  1874  ;  admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  4,  1885.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


BREVET   MAJOR-GENERAL    THOMAS    CADWALA- 
DER; 

born  in  1795,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey ;  elected  July  4, 
1851;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College,  1815;  Dep- 
uty Adjutant-General,  Hunterdon  Brigade,  New  Jersey 


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Militia,  June  2,  1830;  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Aide-de- 
Camp  to  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  April  10,  1833; 
Brigadier  and  Adjutant-General  of  New  Jersey,  July 
30,1842;  resigned  January  26,  1858;  Brevet  Major- 
General,  March  11,  1858;  "died  October  22,  1873,  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania. 


HONORABLE   PHILEMON   DICKINSON; 

born  February  16,  1804,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey; 
elected  July  4,  1856;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1822 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1825 ;  United  States  Pension  Agent  for  New  Jersey, 
1864,  and  1866  to  1869 ;  Commissioner  of  New  Jersey 
State  Sinking  Fund,  1873;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey 
Constitutional  Convention,  1873;  died  September  2, 
1882,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  MAHLON   DICKERSON ; 

born  April  17,  1770,  at  Hanover,  Morris  County,  New 
Jersey ;  elected  July  4,  1833 ;  was  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton College,  1789;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1792 ;  Adjutant-General  of  Pennsylvania,  1805 
to  1808;  Recorder  of  the  City  of  Philadelphia,  1808  to 
1810;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature,  1811  to 
1812;  Associate  Justice  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey, 
1813;  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1815  to  1817;  United 
States  Senator,  1817  to  1833;  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 
1834  to  1838;  died  October  5,  1853,  at  Suckasunny, 
New  Jersey. 


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REAR   ADMIRAL   GEORGE   FOSTER   EMMONS ; 

born  August  23,  1812,  at  Vergennes,  Vermont;  elected 
July  4,  1884 ;  Midshipman,  United  States  Navy,  April 
1,  1828;  Passed  Midshipman,  July  14,  1834;  Lieu- 
tenant, February  25,  1841 ;  Commander,  January  28, 
1856;  Captain,  February  7,  1863;  Commodore,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1868;  Rear  Admiral,  November  5,  1872; 
placed  on  retired  list,  August  23,  1873;  died  July 
23,  1884,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  CHARLES  EWING ; 

born  July  8,  1780,  in  Burlington  County,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  4, 1828 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1798 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1801;  admitted  to  the  bar  of  New  Jersey,  1802;  Chief 
Justice  of  New  Jersey,  1824  to  1832 ;  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Laws,  Jefferson  College;  Trustee  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1820  to  1832;  died  August  5,  1832,  at  Trenton, 
New  Jersey. 


BRIGADIER-GENERAL    DAVID    FORMAN ; 

elected  September  23,   1783;  admitted  an  hereditary 
member  July  4,  1787.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


HONORABLE   FREDERICK    FRELINGHUYSEN ; 

born  April  13,  1753,  at  Rariton,  New  Jersey;  elected 
September  24,  1783  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1770 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1773;  First  Major,  Colonel  Charles  Stewart's 
Battalion  Minute  Men,  February  15,  1776;  Captain, 
Eastern  Company  of  Artillery,  New  Jersey  State  Troops, 


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March  1,  1776 ;  Colonel,  First  Battalion,  Somerset 
County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  February  28,  1777;  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Monmouth,  June  28,  1778  ;  Mem- 
ber of  the  Continental  Congress,  1778  to  1779,  1782  to 
1783;  United  States  Senator,  1793  to  1796;  Major- 
General  of  Militia  of  New  Jersey;  Trustee  of  Prince- 
ton College,  1802  to  1804;  died  April  13,  1804,  his 
fifty-first  birthday. 


HONORABLE   THEODORE   FRELINGHUYSEN ; 

born  March  28,  1787,  at  Millstone,  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey ;  elected  July  4,  1828  ;  was  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  1804 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts, 
Princeton  College,  1807;  Captain  of  a  company  of  vol- 
unteers, 1812  to  1815;  Attorney-General  of  New  Jersey, 
1818  to  1829 ;  United  States  Senator,  1829  to  1835 ; 
Mayor  of  Newark,  New  Jersey,  1837  to  1838  ;  Chan- 
cellor of  the  University  of  New  York,  1839  to  1850 ; 
President  of  Rutgers  College,  New  Brunswick,  New 
Jersey,  1850  to  1862;  died  April  12,  1862,  at  New 
Brunswick,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE   FREDERICK   THEODORE    FRELING- 
HUYSEN ; 

born  August  4,  1817,  at  Millstone,  Somerset  County, 
New  Jersey;  elected  July  4,  1863  ;  was  graduated  from 
Rutgers  College,  1836  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Rut- 
gers College,  1839  ;  Attorney-General  of  New  Jersey, 
1861 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Princeton  College, 
1864  ;  resigned  as  an  honorary  member,  July  4,  1866  ; 
died  May  20,  1885,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey. 


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LIEUTENANT-COLONEL     FREDERICK     FRELING- 
HUYSEN ; 

born  in  1849,  in  Newark,  New  Jersey;  elected  July  4, 
1894 ;  was  graduated  at  Rutgers  College,  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey,  1868  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Rut- 
gers College,  1871  ;  Major,  First  Regiment,  National 
Guard  of  New  Jersey;  Major  and  Judge  Advocate, 
First  Brigade,  ditto,  November  10,  1880  ;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  and  Judge  Advocate,  Division  Staff,  ditto,  April 
17,  1885 ;  Captain  of  First  Troop,  ditto,  June  8,  1895  ; 
resigned  as  an  honorary  member  July  5,  1897. 


HONORABLE   CHARLES   GRANT   GARRISON; 

born  August  3,  1849,  at  Swedesboro,  Gloucester  County, 
New  Jersey;  elected  July  4,  1893  ;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  1872  ;  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  New  Jersey,  1878  ;  Colonel  and  Judge- 
Advocate  General  of  New  Jersey,  1884  ;  Associate  Jus- 
tice of  the  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  1888. 


HONORABLE   ROBERT   STOCKTON   GREEN; 

born  March  25,  1831,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey;  elected 
July  4,  1887 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1850 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1853  ;  City  Attorney  of  Elizabeth,  1858  ;  Surrogate  of 
Union  County,  New  Jersey,  1862 ;  Presiding  Judge 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  1868 ;  Member  of  Congress, 
1884  to  1885  ;  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1887  to  1890  ; 
Vice  Chancellor  of  New  Jersey,  1890  to  1895  ;  died 
May  7,  1895,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 


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HONORABLE    SAMUEL   HOWELL   GREY ; 

born  April  6,  1836,  in  Camden,  New  Jersey;  elected 
July  4,  1894;  Prosecutor  of  Pleas,  Cape  May  County, 
New  Jersey,  April,  1866 ;  Presidential  Elector,  Novem- 
ber, 1872 ;  Member  Constitutional  Commission  of  New 
Jersey,  1873;  President  of  Commission  to  revise  Judi- 
ciary Article  in  New  Jersey  Constitution,  1894 ;  Presi- 
dential Elector-at-Large,  November,  1896;  Attorney- 
General  of  New  Jersey,  April,  1897. 


HONORABLE  THOMAS  HENDERSON; 

born  in  1743,  at  Freehold,  New  Jersey ;  elected  Sep- 
tember 24, 1783 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1761;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1764;  Second  Major,  Colonel  Charles  Stewart's  Bat- 
talion Minute  Men,  New  Jersey  Militia,  February  15, 
1776;  Major  of  Battalion,  June  14,  1776;  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  Colonel  David  Forman's  Battalion,  General 
Heard's  Brigade,  New  Jersey  State  Troops;  Brigade 
Major,  Monmouth  County,  New  Jersey  Militia;  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel of  Colonel  David  Forman's  Regiment, 
Continental  Army,  January  12,  1777  ;  Judge  of  Moii- 
mouth  County,  New  Jersey  Court ;  Member  of  the  Conti- 
nental Congress,  1779  to  1780;  Member  of  Congress, 
1795  to  1797;  Presidential  Elector,  1792;  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  1824,  in  Freehold,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  ROBERT  LETTIS  HOOPER; 

born  in  1730;  elected  September  24,  1783;  Assistant 
Quartermaster,  New  Jersey  Militia;  Commissary  of 
.  Issues,  New  Jersey  State  Troops ;  Vice  President  of  the 
Legislative  Council  of  New  Jersey ;  died  July  30,  1 797, 
at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 


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REVEREND   FRANK    LANDON   HUMPHREYS; 

elected  July  4,  1894  ;  admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  5,  1897.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


FREDERICK   WOLCOTT   JACKSON; 

elected  July  4,  1885;  admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  4,  1888.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


HONORABLE   WILLIAM   LIVINGSTON; 

born  November  30, 1723,  at  Albany,  New  York ;  elected 
September  23,  1783 ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  College, 
1741;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  1744;  Member  of 
Congress,  1772,  1775  and  1776;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Laws;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1768  to  177(5; 
Brigadier-General,  New  Jersey  Militia,  October  28, 
1775;  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1776  to  1790;  Mem- 
ber of  the  Federal  Convention  of  1787;  died  July  25, 
1790,  at  Elizabeth  town,  New  Jersey. 


MAJOR-GENERAL   GERSHOM   MOTT  ; 

born  April  7,  1822,  near  Trenton,  New  Jersey;  elected 
July  4,  1867  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  Tenth  United  States 
Infantry,  April  23,  1847 ;  served  through  the  Mexican 
War ;  Collector  of  the  Port  of  Lamberton,  New  Jersey, 
1848  to  1849;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  Fifth  Regiment,  New 
Jersey  Infantry  Volunteers,  August  23,  1861  ;  Colonel, 
Sixth  Regiment,  ditto,  May  7, 1862  ;  severely  wounded, 
July  28,  1862,  at  the  battle  of  Bull  Run  ;  Brigadier- 
General,  United  States  Volunteers,  December  4,  1862; 
assigned  to  command  the  Second  New  Jersey  Brigade  • 
wounded  May  3,  1863,  at  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville ; 


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commanded  the  Fourth  Division  of  the  Second  Corps  in 
1864;  brevetted  Major-General,  September  10,  1864, 
for  gallant  services  during  the  war ;  again  wounded, 
April  6, 1865,  at  Amelia  Springs ;  Major-General,  United 
States  Volunteers,  December  1 ,  1865 ;  resigned  February 
20,  1866;  appointed  Colonel,  Thirty-third  United  States 
Infantry,  1867,  but  declined;  appointed  Major-General 
commanding  the  Xew  Jersey  National  Guard,  February 
27,  1873;  Treasurer  of  Xew  "Jersey,  September  1,  1875; 
died  November  29,  1884,  in  New  York  City. 


BREVET     LIEUTENANT-COLONEL     JOHN     PAGE 

NICHOLSON  ; 

born  July  4,  1843,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania : 
elected  July  4,  1890;  First  Lieutenant,  Company  K, 
Twenty-eighth  Regiment  Infantry,  Pennsylvania  Volun- 
teers ;  brevetted  Captain,  United  States  Volunteers,  for 
faithful  and  meritorious  services,  March  13,  1864;  bre- 
vetted Major,  United  States  Volunteers,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  in  the  Savannah  and  Carolina 
campaign,  to  date  March  13,  1865;  brevetted  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel, United  States  Volunteers,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  services  during  the  war,  to  date  March  13, 
1865;  honorably  discharged  July  28,  1865;  degree  of 
Master  of  Arts,  Marietta  College,  Ohio,  June  28,  1882 ; 
Record er-in-Chief,  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 


HONORABLE   JOHN   THOMPSON    NIXON: 

born  August  31,  1820,  at  Fairton,  Cumberland  County, 
New  Jersey ;  elected  July  4,  1870 ;  was  graduated  from 
Princeton  College,  1841 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Prince- 
ton College,  1 844 ;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature, 
1848  to  1850;  Speaker,  ditto,  1850;  Member  of  Con- 


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gress,  1859  to  1863;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1864 
to  1889 ;  Judge  of  the  United  States  District  Court  for 
New  Jersey,  1870  to  1889;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws, 
Princeton  College,  1877;  died  September  28,  188!), 
at  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts. 


BREVET    BRIGADIER-GENERAL    SAMUEL     DUN- 
CAN   OLIPHANT; 

born  August  1,  1824,  at  Franklin  Forge,  Fayette 
County,  Pennsylvania;  elected  July  4,  1879;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Jefferson  College,  Pennsylvania,  1844;  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts,  Jefferson  College,  1847;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  Law  School,  June,  1846;  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Pennsylvania,  1847;  Captain  of  Volun- 
teers, January,  1848;  Colonel  commanding  a  regiment 
of  Fayette  County,  Pennsylvania  Militia,  1850;  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel, Eighth  Regiment,  Pennsylvania  Re- 
serves, 1861;  honorably  discharged  December,  1862; 
Major,  United  States  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  June, 
1863 ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  August,  1863  ;  Colonel, 
October,  1863 ;  Brigadier-General  by  brevet,  July, 
1864;  mustered  out  of  service,  July  1,  1866;  Clerk 
of  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  for  the  District  of 
New  Jersey,  September,  1870. 


HONORABLE    JOEL   PARKER; 

born  November  24,  1816,  in  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey ;  elected  July  4, 1879 ;  was  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton College,  1839 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton 
College,  1842;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  Legislature, 
1847;  Major-General  of  the  New  Jersey  Militia,  1861; 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Rutgers  College ;  Governor 
of  New  Jersey,  1863  to  1866,  and  1872  to  1875; 


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Associate  Justice  Xew  Jersey  Supreme  Court,  1880  to 
1888;  died  January  2,  1888,  at  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania. 


REVEREND   FRANCIS    LANDEY    PATTON; 

born  January  22,  1843,  at  Warwick,  Bermuda;  elected 
July  4,  1888;  educated  at  University  and  Knox  Col- 
leges, Toronto,  Canada ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary,  1865;  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity,  Hanover  College,  Indiana,  1872;  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Lawrs,  Worcester  University,  Ohio,  1873; 
President  of  Princeton  College,  February  9,  1888 ; 
resigned  as  an  honorary  member,  July  4,  1893. 


HONORABLE  WILLIAM  PENNINGTON ; 

elected  July  4,  1831 ;  admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  4,  1859.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


HONORABLE  AARON  SANDFORD  PENNINGTON; 

born  January  17,  1800,  at  Newark,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  4, 1859 ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 181 7 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1820;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey  House  of  Assembly, 
1837;  Prosecutor  of  Passaic  County,  New  Jersey,  1838 
to  1848 ;  died  August  25, 1869,  in  Paterson,  New  Jersey. 


BREVET  MAJOR-GENERAL  LEWIS  PERRINE  ; 

born  September  15,  1815,  at  Freehold,  Monmouth 
County,  New  Jersey ;  elected  July  5,  1886 ;  was  gradu- 
ated from  Princeton  College,  1838 ;  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts,  Princeton  College,  1841;  Aide-de-Camp  on  the 


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Staff  of  Governor  Price,  of  Xo\v  Jerse}r,  1854;  Briga- 
dier-General and  Quartermaster-General  of  New  Jersey, 
September  22,  1855;  brevetted  Major-General,  1865; 
died  September  24,  1889,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  WILLIAM  POTTER; 

born  April  17,  1852,  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania; 
elected  February  22, 1895 ;  special  commissioner  to  Lon- 
don, Paris  and  Berlin  to  negotiate  a  system  of  marine 
post-offices,  January,  1890;  Minister  of  the  United 
.States  to  Italy,  1892  to  1894;  Delegate  of  the  United 
States  at  the  International  Postal  Congress  at  Vienna, 
May  and' June,  1891;  President  of  Jefferson  Medical 
•College,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  November  5, 1895. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL    WILLIAM    ELMER 
POTTER ; 

born  June  13,  1840,  at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey;  elected 
July  4,  1874;  was  graduated  from  Harvard  University 
Law  School,  January  1861 ;  was  graduated  from  Prince- 
ton College,  1863;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Prince- 
ton College,  1866;  Second  Lieutenant,  Twelfth  Regi- 
ment, New  Jersey  Volunteers,  August  14,  1862;  First 
Lieutenant,  August  6,  1863 ;  Judge  Advocate,  Third 
Division,  Second  Army  Corps,  October  1, 1863 ;  Captain, 
February  4, 1864 ;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, May  6,  1864;  Judge  Advocate,  Second  Division, 
Second  Corps,  August  1,  1864 ;  Aide-de-Camp  to 
General  Gibbon,  January  15,  1865;  Brevet  Major, 
United  States  Volunteers,  for  meritorious  services  dur- 
ing the  war,  May  1,  1865;  mustered  out  June  3,  1865; 
Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Aide-de-Camp  to  the  Governor 
of  New  Jersey,  1866  to  1868 ;  died  November  9,  1896, 
at  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey. 


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MAJOR-GENERAL   THEODORE   RUNYON ; 

born  October  25,  1822,  at  Somerville,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  April  4,  1885  ;  was  graduated  from  Yale  Col- 
lege, 1842  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Yale  College, 
1845 ;  City  Solicitor  of  Newark  ;  Brigadier-General 
of  Essex  County,  New  Jersey  Militia,  May  8,  1857  ; 
Presidential  Elector,  1860  ;  Brigadier-General  of  New 
Jersey  Brigade,  Volunteer  Militia,  April  24,  1861 ; 
honorably  discharged  July  31,  1861  ;  received  the 
thanks  of  the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey  for  his  patri- 
otic military  services  ;  Brevet  Major-General,  New  Jer- 
sey Militia,  February  25,  1862  ;  Mayor  of  city  of 
Newark,  1864  ;  Major-General  commanding  National 
Guard  of  New  Jersey,  April  7,  1869  ;  Chancellor  of 
New  Jersey,  May  1,  1873 ;  re-appointed  Chancellor 
in  1880  ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Wesley  an  Uni- 
versity, Middletown,  Connecticut,  August  15,  1867 ; 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Rutgers  College,  1875  ;  Am- 
bassador and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of  the  United 
States  to  Germany;  died  January  27,  1896,  in  Berlin, 
Germany. 


MAJOR-GENERAL    JOHN    McALLISTER    SCHO- 

FIELD ; 

born  September  29,  1831,  in  Chautauqua  County,  New 
York  ;  elected  July  4,  1887  ;  was  graduated  from  West 
Point  Military  Academy,  1853  ;  Brevet  Second  Lieu- 
tenant, Second  Regiment,  United  States  Artillery,  July 
1,  1853  ;  Second  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment,  United 
States  Artillery,  August  31,  1853  ;  Assistant  Professor 
of  Natural  Philosophy,  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy, 1855  to  1860  ;  First  Lieutenant,  First  Regiment, 
United  States  Artillery,  March  31,  1855  ;  Major,  First 
Regiment,  Missouri  Volunteers,  April  26,  1861  ;  Cap- 
tain, First  Regiment,  United  States  Artillery,  May 


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14,  1861 ;  Brigadier-General,  United  States -Volunteers, 

November  21,  1861  ;  Major-General  United  States  Vol- 
unteers, November  29,  1862 ;  in  command  of  the 
Department  of  the  Missouri  from  May,  1863,  to  Febru- 
ary, 1864  ;  in  command  of  the  Army  of  the  Ohio, 
April,  1864  ;  Brigadier-General,  United  States  Army, 
November  30,  1864  ;  commander  of  the  Twenty-third 
Army  Corps,  January,  1865  ;  brevetted  Major-General, 
United  States  Army,  March  13,  1865,  for  gallant  and 
meritorious  service  in  the  battle  of  Franklin,  Tennes- 
see ;  mustered  out  of  the  volunteer  service,  September 
1,  1866;  Secretary  of  War,  June  2,  1868,  until  March 
12,  1869 ;  Major-General,  United  States  Army,  March 
4,  1869  ;  Superintendent  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy from  1876  to  1881  ;  senior  Major-General  Com- 
manding the  Armies  of  the  United  States  ;  Lieutenant- 
General,  February  5,  1895  ;  retired  September  29, 1895. 


HONORABLE   WILLIAM   JOYCE   SEWELL ; 

born  in  1835,  in  the  town  of  Castlebar,  County  Mayo, 
Ireland  ;  elected  July  4, 1888 ;  Captain,  Fifth  Regiment, 
New  Jersey  Volunteers,  August  28,  1861 ;  greatly  dis- 
tinguished himself  at  the  battles  of  Gettysburg  and 
Chancellorsville,  on  both  of  which  fields  he  was 
wouilded  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel,  July  7,  1862;  Colonel, 
October  21,  1862;  resigned  July  2,  1864;  Colonel, 
Thirty-eighth  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Volunteers,  Au- 
gust 31,  1864  ;  brevetted  Brigadier-General  and  Major- 
General  for  meritorious  services  during  the  war,  March 
13,  1865 :  honorably  mustered  out  June  30,  1865 ; 
awarded  a  medal  of  honor  by  Congress  for  most  dis- 
tinguished gallantry  at  Chancellorsville,  May  3,  1863  ; 
Aide-de-Camp  on  the  Staff  of  the  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  1872;  Commander  of  the  Second  Brigade, 
National  Guard  of  New  Jersey,  September  7,  1877  : 


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Member  of  the  Senate  of  New  Jersey,  1872  to  1880  ; 
President  of  the  Senate,  1876,  1879  and  1880 ;  United 
States  Senator,  1881  to  1887,  and  again  in  1895 ; 
National  Commissioner  of  World's  Fair  at  Chicago  ; 
Vice  President  of  Board  of  National  Homes  for  Dis- 
abled Volunteer  Soldiers. 


EDWARD   RUTLEDGE   SHUBRICK ; 

born  August  31,  1832,  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina ; 
elected  February  22,. 1894  ;  Midshipman,  United  States 
Navy,  February  9,  1849 ;  resigned  from  the  service 
April  26,  1853. 


HONORABLE   SAMUEL   LEWIS   SOUTHARD; 

born  June  9,  1787,  at  Basking  Ridge,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  4,  1833  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1804  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1807  ;  Associate  Justice  Supreme  Court  of  New 
Jersey,  1815 ;  Presidential  Elector,  1820 ;  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws,  University  of  Pennsylvania ;  United 
States  Senator,  1821  to  1823 ;  Secretary  of  the  Navy, 
1823  to  1830  ;  Attorney-General  of  New  Jersey,  1830  ; 
Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1832  to  1833  ;  United  States 
Senator,  1833  to  1842  ;  President  of  the  United  States 
Senate,  1842  ;  Trustee  of  Princeton  College,  1822  to 
1842  ;  died  June  26,  1842,  at  Fredericksburg,  Virginia. 


REVEREND   CHARLES   SAMUEL  STEWART; 

born  October  16,  1795,  at  Flemingtoii,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  5,  1847  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1815  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1818  ;  Chaplain,  United  States  Navy,  November  1, 


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1828;  Chaplain,  with  rank  of  Commander,  1861  ;  re- 
tired December  21,  1861  ;  died  December  14,  1870,  at 
Cooperstown,  New  York. 


HONORABLE   JOHN   POTTER   STOCKTON; 

born  August  2,  1826,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey  ;  elected 
July  4,  1890  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1843 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1846 ;  United  States  Minister  to  Rome,  1857  to  1861 ; 
United  States  Senator,  1865  to  1866,  and  1869  to  1873  ; 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Princeton  College,  1879  ; 
Attorney-General  of  New  Jersey,  1877  to  1897. 


BREVET  MAJOR-GENERAL  ROBERT  FIELD 

STOCKTON  ; 

born  January  22,  1832,  at  Princeton,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  4,  1891  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton 
College,  1851  ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  Col- 
lege, 1854 ;  Brigadier-General  and  Adjutant-General 
of  New  Jersey,  January  30,  1858  ;  resigned  April 
12,  1867  ;  brevetted  Major-General,  January  9,  1859  ; 
Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  of  New  Jersey,  1877  ;  died 
May  4,  1898,  at  Trenton,  New  Jersey. 


LIEUTENANT-COLONEL    JAMES    NEWBOLD 
STRATTON ; 

bom  in  1845,  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey  ;  elected 
July  4,  1884  ;  was  graduated  from  Princeton  College, 
1865 ;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Princeton  College, 
1868  ;  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Judge  Advocate  of  the 
Division,  National  Guard  of  New  Jersey,  June  28, 1876  ; 
resigned  therefrom  April  7,  1885  ;  died  December  3, 
1886,  at  Mount  Holly,  New  Jersey. 


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BREVET    MAJOR-GENERAL    WILLIAM    SCUDDER 
STRYKER ; 

elected  July  4,  1876  ;  admitted  an  hereditary  member 
July  4,  1888.     (See  Hereditary  Members.) 


WILLIAM    WINANTS    THOMAS; 

born  September  26, 1816  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey ; 
elected  July  4,  1885  ;  Assistant  Appraiser,  Port  of  New 
York,  1840 ;  died  May  5,  1893,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  GARRET  DORSET  WALL  VROOM ; 
born  December  17,  1843;  elected  July  4,  1888;  was 
graduated  from  Rutgers  College,  1862 ;  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  Rutgers  College,  1865;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  of  New  Jersey,  1865;  City  Solicitor  of  Trenton, 
New  Jersey,  from  1866  to  1870,  and  from  1873  to  1876 ; 
Prosecutor  of  Mercer  County,  New  Jersey,  May,  1870; 
Mayor  of  Trenton,  New  Jersey,  1881  to  1883;  Vice 
President  of  General  Society  of  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 


HONORABLE  GARRET  DORSET  WALL; 

born  March  10,  1783,  in  Monmouth  County,  New 
Jersey;  elected  July  4,  1828;  Clerk  of  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court,  1812  to  1817;  Captain  in 
Colonel  John  Dodd's  Regiment,  New  Jersey  Militia, 
October  15,  1814,  for  service  in  the  War  of  1812; 
Brigadier-General  and  Quartermaster-General  of  New 
Jersey,  1815  to  1837;  degree  of  Master  of  Arts,  Prince- 
ton College,  1823 ;  Member  of  the  Legislature  of  New 
Jersey,  1827 ;  United  States  Attorney  for  New  Jersey, 


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1829;  United  States  Senator,  1835  to  1841;  Judge 
of  the  Court  of  Errors  and  Appeals,  1848  to  1850; 
died  November  22,  1850,  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey. 


HONORABLE  GEORGE  THEODORE  WERTS  ; 

born  March  24,  1846,  at  Hackettstown,  Warren  County, 
New  Jersey ;, elected  July  4,  1893 ;  Mayor  of  Morristown^ 
New  Jersey,  1886  to  1892;  Member  of  the  New  Jersey 
Senate,  1886  to  1892;  President  of  the  Senate,  1889; 
Associate  Justice  Supreme  Court  of  New  Jersey,  1892; 
Governor  of  New  Jersey,  1893  to  1896  ;  resigned  as  an 
honorary  member  July  5,  1897. 


HONORABLE  ISAAC  HALSTEAD  WILLIAMSON; 

born  September  27,  1768,  at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jer- 
sey; elected  July  4,  1842;  Member  of  the  New 
Jersey  House  of  Assembly,  1816;  Governor  of  New 
Jersey,  1817  to  1829;  Mayor  of  Elizabeth,  New  Jer- 
sey, 1830  to  1833;  Member  of  the  Council  of  New 
Jersey,  1831  to  1832 ;  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  Prince- 
ton College,  1839 ;  Member  and  President  of  the  New 
•  Jersey  Constitutional  Convention  of  1844;  died  July 
10,  1844,  at  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey. 


EDWARD   MEEKER   WOOD; 

born  March  1,  1853,  at  Morristown,  New  Jersey;  elected 
July  4,  1894  ;  County  Collector,  Union  County,  New 
Jersey,  May,  1887. 


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